1999 Ballon d'Or

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1999 Ballon d'Or
Rivaldo.jpg
1999 Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo in 2014
Date21 December 1999
Presented by France Football
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Won by Flag of Brazil.svg Rivaldo (1st award)
Website francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1999 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 Rivaldo on 21 December 1999. [1]

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Rankings

RankPlayerClub(s)NationalityPoints
1 Rivaldo Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 219
2 David Beckham Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of England.svg England 154
3 Andriy Shevchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg Dynamo Kyiv
Flag of Italy.svg Milan 		Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 64
4 Gabriel Batistuta Flag of Italy.svg Fiorentina Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 48
5 Luís Figo Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 38
6 Roy Keane Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland 36
7 Christian Vieri Flag of Italy.svg Lazio Flag of Italy.svg Italy 33
8 Juan Sebastián Verón Flag of Italy.svg Lazio Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 30
9 Raúl Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg Spain 27
10 Lothar Matthäus Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg Germany 16
11 Dwight Yorke Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 14
12 Jaap Stam Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 13
13 Siniša Mihajlović Flag of Italy.svg Lazio Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg FR Yugoslavia 12
14 Zlatko Zahovič Flag of Greece.svg Olympiacos Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 9
15 Pavel Nedvěd Flag of Italy.svg Lazio Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 8
16 Mário Jardel Flag of Portugal (official).svg Porto Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 7
17 Peter Schmeichel Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 6
18 Stefan Effenberg Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5
19 Zinedine Zidane Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of France.svg France 4
Oliver Bierhoff Flag of Italy.svg Milan Flag of Germany.svg Germany 4
21 Mario Basler Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg Germany 3
Ryan Giggs Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales 3
23 Hernán Crespo Flag of Italy.svg Parma Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 2
Nwankwo Kanu Flag of England.svg Arsenal Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 2
Ronaldo Flag of Italy.svg Internazionale Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2
26 Andy Cole Flag of England.svg Manchester United Flag of England.svg England 1
Edgar Davids Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 1
David Ginola Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of France.svg France 1
Claudio López Flag of Spain.svg Valencia Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1
Roberto Carlos Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1
Marcelo Salas Flag of Italy.svg Lazio Flag of Chile.svg Chile 1

Additionally, 22 players were nominated but received no votes: Fabien Barthez (Monaco & France), Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal and Netherlands), Laurent Blanc (Marseille/Inter Milan & France), Gianluigi Buffon (Parma & Italy), Frank de Boer (Ajax/Barcelona & Netherlands), Marcel Desailly (Chelsea & France), Giovane Élber (Bayern Munich & Brazil), Pep Guardiola (Barcelona & Spain), Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus & Italy), Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona & Netherlands), Paolo Maldini (Milan & Italy), Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid & Spain), Hidetoshi Nakata (Perugia & Japan), Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal & France), Gus Poyet (Chelsea & Uruguay), Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv & Ukraine), Lilian Thuram (Parma & France), Sylvain Wiltord (Bordeaux & France) and Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea & Italy).

References

  1. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1999". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
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