1988 Ballon d'Or

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1988 Ballon d'Or
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1988 Ballon d'Or winner Marco van Basten
Date27 December 1988
Presented by France Football
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Won by Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marco Van Basten (1st award)
Website francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1988 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Marco van Basten on 27 December 1988. [1] There were 27 voters, from Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia. Van Basten was the third Dutch national to win the award after Johan Cruyff (1971, 1973, 1974) and Ruud Gullit (1987).

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Rankings

RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints
1 Marco van Basten Flag of Italy.svg Milan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 129
2 Ruud Gullit Flag of Italy.svg Milan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 88
3 Frank Rijkaard Flag of Italy.svg Milan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 45
4 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Kyiv Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 41
5 Ronald Koeman Flag of the Netherlands.svg PSV Eindhoven Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 39
6 Lothar Matthäus Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 10
7 Gianluca Vialli Flag of Italy.svg Sampdoria Flag of Italy.svg Italy 7
8 Franco Baresi Flag of Italy.svg Milan Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5
Jürgen Klinsmann Flag of Germany.svg VfB Stuttgart Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 5
Oleksandr Zavarov Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 5
11 Tanju Çolak Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 4
Oleh Kuznetsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Kyiv Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 4
13 Rinat Dasayev Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3
Anatoliy Demyanenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Dynamo Kyiv Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3
Glenn Hysén Flag of Italy.svg Fiorentina Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 3
Míchel Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg Spain 3
17 Flemming Povlsen Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Köln Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 2
Michel Preud'homme Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mechelen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 2
Walter Zenga Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2
20 Gheorghe Hagi Flag of Romania.svg Steaua București Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1
Roberto Mancini Flag of Italy.svg Sampdoria Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1
Dejan Savićević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 1
Neville Southall Flag of England.svg Everton Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales 1
Dragan Stojković Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Red Star Belgrade Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 1

References

  1. ↑ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1988". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 26 March 2005.
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