1991 Ballon d'Or explained

1991 Ballon d'Or
Date:	24 December 1991
Presenter:	France Football
Award1 Type:	Ballon d'Or
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The 1991 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 Jean-Pierre Papin on 24 December 1991.^[1]

Papin was the third French national to win the award after Raymond Kopa (1958) and Michel Platini (1983, 1984 and 1985). He was also the first player from the French League to win the trophy.^[2]

Rankings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club(s)	Points
1	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Marseille	141
2	Dejan Savićević		Red Star Belgrade	42
	Darko Pančev		Red Star Belgrade	42
	Lothar Matthäus	Germany	Internazionale	42
5	Robert Prosinečki		Red Star Belgrade Real Madrid	34
6	Gary Lineker		Tottenham Hotspur	33
7	Gianluca Vialli	Italy	Sampdoria	18
8	Miodrag Belodedici	Romania	Red Star Belgrade	15
9	Mark Hughes		Manchester United	12
10	Chris Waddle		Marseille	11
11	Michael Laudrup	Denmark	Barcelona	7
12	Rudi Völler	Germany	Roma	5
13	Txiki Begiristain	Spain	Barcelona	3
	Stéphane Chapuisat	Switzerland	Borussia Dortmund	3
	Bruno Martini	France	Auxerre	3
	Paul McGrath		Aston Villa	3
	Dean Saunders		Derby County Liverpool	3
	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	Barcelona	3
19	Roberto Mancini	Italy	Sampdoria	2
19	Marco van Basten	Netherlands	Milan	2
21	Guido Buchwald	Germany	VfB Stuttgart	1
	Thomas Doll	Germany	Lazio	1
	Stefan Effenberg	Germany	Bayern Munich	1
	Ruud Gullit	Netherlands	Milan	1
	Gheorghe Hagi	Romania	Real Madrid	1
	Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko		Rangers	1
	Gary Pallister		Manchester United	1
	Dimitris Saravakos	Greece	Panathinaikos	1
	Gianluca Pagliuca	Italy	Sampdoria	1
	Guy Hellers	Luxembourg	Standard Liège	1
	Laurent Blanc	France	Napoli	1

External links

France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

Notes and References

Web site: European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1991. José Luis. Pierrend. RSSSF. 18 December 2008. 30 December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20090116120302/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy91.html. 16 January 2009 . live.
Web site: European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or"). RSSSF. 22 October 2008. 24 December 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081217034637/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html. 17 December 2008 . live.