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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