1998 Ballon d'Or

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1998 Ballon d'Or
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1998 Ballon d'Or winner Zinedine Zidane in 2008
Date22 December 1998
Presented by France Football
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Won by Flag of France.svg Zinedine Zidane (1st award)
Website francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1998 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 Zinedine Zidane on 22 December 1998. [1] On 10 November 1998, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football was announced. [2] [3]

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Rankings

Source: [4]

RankPlayerClub(s)NationalityPoints
1 Zinedine Zidane Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of France.svg France 244
2 Davor Šuker Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 68
3 Ronaldo Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 66
4 Michael Owen Flag of England.svg Liverpool Flag of England.svg England 51
5 Rivaldo Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 45
6 Gabriel Batistuta Flag of Italy.svg Fiorentina Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 43
7 Lilian Thuram Flag of Italy.svg Parma Flag of France.svg France 36
8 Edgar Davids Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 28
Dennis Bergkamp Flag of England.svg Arsenal Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 28
10 Marcel Desailly Flag of England.svg Chelsea Flag of France.svg France 19
11 Frank de Boer Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 17
12 Emmanuel Petit Flag of England.svg Arsenal Flag of France.svg France 16
13 Roberto Carlos Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 13
14 Laurent Blanc Flag of France.svg Marseille Flag of France.svg France 11
Fabien Barthez Flag of France.svg Monaco Flag of France.svg France 11
16 Alessandro Del Piero Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Italy.svg Italy 10
Predrag Mijatović Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Yugoslavia 10
18 Didier Deschamps Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of France.svg France 9
Oliver Bierhoff Flag of Italy.svg Milan Flag of Germany.svg Germany 9
20 Michael Laudrup Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 6
21 Ronald de Boer Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 4
Raúl Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4
23 Brian Laudrup Flag of England.svg Chelsea Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3
Clarence Seedorf Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3
Marc Overmars Flag of England.svg Arsenal Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3
26 Christian Vieri Flag of Italy.svg Lazio Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2
Fernando Hierro Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2
28 David Beckham Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of England.svg England 1
Luis Enrique Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1
Bixente Lizarazu Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of France.svg France 1
Nikos Machlas Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vitesse Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1

Additionally, nineteen players were nominated but received no votes: Tony Adams (Arsenal & England), Roberto Baggio (Bologna/Inter Milan & Italy), Zvonimir Boban (AC Milan & Croatia), Fabio Cannavaro (Parma & Italy), Denílson (São Paulo/Real Betis & Brazil), Tore André Flo (Chelsea & Norway), Adrian Ilie (Valencia & Romania), Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus & Italy), Robert Jarni (Real Betis/Real Madrid & Croatia), Hidetoshi Nakata (Bellmare Hiratsuka/Perugia & Japan), Pavel Nedvěd (Lazio & Czech Republic), Sunday Oliseh (Ajax & Nigeria), Ariel Ortega (Valencia/Sampdoria & Argentina), Gianluca Pagliuca (Inter Milan & Italy), Marcelo Salas (River Plate/Lazio & Chile), David Seaman (Arsenal & England), Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv & Ukraine), Juan Sebastián Verón (Sampdoria/Parma & Argentina) and Iván Zamorano (Inter Milan & Chile).

References

  1. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1998". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Redacția (1998-11-10). "Adrian Ilie a fost nominalizat pentru "Balonul de Aur"". Ziarul de Iaşi - liderul presei ieşene. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  3. ↑ "ALL YOU PREMIER LEAGUE FANS WAKE UP ENGLAND IS A JOKE COMPARED TO ITALY AND SPAIN". Soccer Gaming. 1999-11-27. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  4. ↑ "France Football". www.francefootball.fr. Archived from the original on 2005-10-29. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
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