1999 Ballon d'Or explained

1999 Ballon d'Or
Date:21 December 1999
Presenter:France Football
Award1 Type:Ballon d'Or
Previous:1998
Main: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]

Rankings

RankPlayerClub(s)NationalityPoints
1 219
2 154
3 64
4 48
5 38
6 36
7 33
8 30
9 27
10 16
11 14
12 13
13 12
14 9
15 8
16 7
17 6
18 5
19 4
4
21 3
3
23 2
2
2
26 1
1
1
1
1
1

Additionally, 22 players were nominated but received no votes: Fabien Barthez, Dennis Bergkamp, Laurent Blanc, Gianluigi Buffon, Frank de Boer, Marcel Desailly, Giovane Élber, Pep Guardiola,Filippo Inzaghi, Patrick Kluivert, Paolo Maldini, Fernando Morientes, Hidetoshi Nakata, Emmanuel Petit, Gus Poyet, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, Lilian Thuram, Sylvain Wiltord and Gianfranco Zola.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1999. José Luis. Pierrend. RSSSF. 26 March 2005. 4 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130314042310/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy99.html. 14 March 2013 . live.