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