The 2018 Ballon d'Or was the 63rd annual award ceremony recognising the best footballer in the world for 2018. The winners were announced on 3 December...
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The Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] ; lit. 'Golden Ball') is an annual football award presented by French magazine France Football since...
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The 2019 Ballon d'Or (French: Ballon d'Or) was the 64th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, and recognising the best footballers...
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The 2016 Ballon d'Or was an award given to the best-performing football player around the world in 2016. In September 2016, France Football announced...
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The Ballon d'Or Féminin (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ feminɛ̃]), also known as the Women's Ballon d'Or, is an association football award presented...
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The FIFA Ballon d'Or ("Golden Ball") was an annual association football award presented to the world's best men's player from 2010 to 2015. Awarded jointly...
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The 2008 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded on 2 December...
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The 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the sixth year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in...
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The 2007 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Kaká. This...
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The 2017 Ballon d'Or was the 62nd annual award recognising the best male footballer in the world for 2017. Cristiano Ronaldo won the award for the fifth...
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The 1980 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...
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The 2022 Ballon d'Or (lit. '2022 Golden Ball') was the 66th annual presentation of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, recognising the best...
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for a record six trophies. Oblak was also nominated for the 2017 and 2018 Ballon d'Or awards, following his consistent performances with his club. With over...
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the Portugal national team. His individual achievements include five Ballon d'Or awards, the most for a European player. His exceptional goal-scoring...
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Lev Yashin (category Ballon d'Or winners)
history of the sport. He was the first and only goalkeeper to win a Ballon d'Or, a feat which no other goalkeeper has been able to accomplish to this...
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Kopa Trophy (category Ballon d'Or)
the Ballon d'Or. The award is presented by France Football and is named after late French footballer Raymond Kopa, the winner of the 1958 Ballon d'Or. The...
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award combined with the Ballon d'Or to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or in a six-year partnership. FIFA presided over the FIFA Ballon d'Or after agreeing to pay...
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the Argentina national team. His individual achievements include eight Ballon d'Or awards, the most for any footballer. Having won 45 team trophies, he...
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December 2018. Archived from the original on 3 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018. Das, Andrew (3 December 2018). "Luka Modric Wins Ballon d'Or, Ending...
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Zinedine Zidane (category Ballon d'Or winners)
World Player of the Year in 1998, 2000 and 2003, and winning the 1998 Ballon d'Or. Zidane started his career at Cannes, before establishing himself as...
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2017 Global Citizen Award, by the World Economic Forum: 2018 FWA Tribute Award: 2018 Ballon d'Or Dream Team: 2020 IFFHS All-time Men's Dream Team: 2021...
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awarded from 2001 to 2009. The men's award was subsumed into the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 while the women's award remained until 2015. After 2015 both...
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in the fields football, gastronomy, arts and sports. These include 2018 Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg, football coaches José Mourinho, Gareth Southgate...
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Mohamed Salah (category 2018 FIFA World Cup players)
Best FIFA Men's Player in 2018 and 2021, and finished fifth in the 2019 and 2022 Ballon d'Or, respectively. He received the 2018 FIFA Puskás Award for his...
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Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) (category Ballon d'Or winners)
being named FIFA World Player of the Year three times and winning two Ballon d'Or awards. Ronaldo started his career at Cruzeiro and moved to PSV in 1994...
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Diego Godín (category 2018 FIFA World Cup players)
after his 315th against Villarreal; he was nominated for the 2016 and 2018 Ballon d'Or awards. On 20 February 2019, Godín scored the second goal in 2–0 home...
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Raphaël Varane (category 2018 FIFA World Cup players)
Liverpool to complete hat-trick". UEFA. 26 May 2018. Dobson, Mark (8 October 2018). "Ballon d'Or 2018: contenders for football's global honour revealed"...
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Lionel Messi (category Ballon d'Or winners)
treble, leading to a fifth Ballon d'Or in 2015. He assumed Barcelona's captaincy in 2018 and won a record sixth Ballon d'Or in 2019. At Barcelona, Messi...
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the Year five times from 2008 to 2012. In 2020, Xavi was named in the Ballon d'Or Dream Team, a greatest all-time XI published by France Football. He is...
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Luka Modrić (category Ballon d'Or winners)
history. Modrić has won numerous individual awards, including the Ballon d'Or in 2018, making him the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano...
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