List of Golden Ball winners

Winners of the Golden Ball, awarded by the magazine France Football.

Winners of the Golden Ball, awarded by the magazine France Football:

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1956-Stanley Matthews, Blackpool

1957-Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid

1958-Raymond Kopa, Real Madrid

1959-Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid

1960-Luis Suarez, FC Barcelona

1961-Omar Sivori, Juventus

1962-Josef Masopust, Dukla Prague

1963-Lev Yashin, Dynamo Moscow

1964-Denis Law, Manchester United

1965-Eusebio, Benfica

1966-Bobby Charlton, Manchester United

1967-Florian Albert, Ferencvaros

1968-George Best, Manchester United

1969-Gianni Rivera, AC Milan

1970-Gerd Muller, Bayern Munich

1971-Johan Cruyff, Ajax

1972-Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern Munich

1973-Johan Cruyff, FC Barcelona

1974-Johan Cruyff, FC Barcelona

1975-Oleg Blokhin, Dynamo Kiev

1976-Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern Munich

1977-Allan Simonsen, Borussia Moenchengladbach

1978-Kevin Keegan, Hamburg SV

1979-Kevin Keegan, Hamburg SV

1980-Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich

1981-Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich

1982-Paolo Rossi, Juventus

1983-Michel Platini, Juventus

1984-Michel Platini, Juventus

1985-Michel Platini, Juventus

1986-Igor Belanov, Dynamo Kiev

1987-Ruud Gullit, AC Milan

1988-Marco Van Basten, AC Milan

1989-Marco Van Basten, AC Milan

1990-Lothar Matthaus, Inter Milan

1991-Jean-Pierre Papin, Marseille

1992-Marco Van Basten, AC Milan

1993-Roberto Baggio, Juventus

1994-Hristo Stoichkov, FC Barcelona

1995-George Weah, AC Milan

1996-Matthias Sammer, Borussia Dortmund

1997-Ronaldo, Inter Milan

1998-Zinedine Zidane, Juventus

1999-Rivaldo, FC Barcelona

2000-Luis Figo, Real Madrid

2001-Michael Owen, Liverpool

2002-Ronaldo, Real Madrid

2003-Pavel Nedved, Juventus

2004-Andriy Shevchenko, AC Milan

2005-Ronaldinho, FC Barcelona

2006-Fabio Cannavaro, Real Madrid