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    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 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 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 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 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 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 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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    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 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 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 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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    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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    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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    for a fifth time in 2021. 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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  • has presented the Ballon d'Or award to the best football player of the year. Since 1956, France Football presents the Ballon d'Or (lit. '"Golden Ball"')...
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    famous players, with four FIFA World Player of the Year, ten Ballon d'Or, two FIFA Ballon d'Or, four European Golden Shoe and three FIFA Club World Cup Golden...
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    Lionel Messi (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    and was awarded a fifth Ballon d'Or in 2015. Messi assumed captaincy of Barcelona in 2018, and won a record sixth Ballon d'Or in 2019. He signed for French...
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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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  • Champions League victories. Messi's individual achievements include eight Ballon d'Or awards. His remarkable goal-scoring ability and dribbling skills solidified...
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    Lev Yashin (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    Yashin received the Ballon d'Or, the only goalkeeper ever to receive the award. He was additionally named posthumously to the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020...
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    of the Year Award (Ballon d'Or), which was merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year Award in 2010 to become the FIFA Ballon d'Or. It also replaced...
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  • including 500 career. Ronaldo's individual achievements include five Ballon d'Or awards. His remarkable goal-scoring ability and dribbling skills solidified...
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    Raymond Kopa (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    dribbling, playmaking, and prolific scoring. In 1958, Kopa was awarded the Ballon d'Or. In 1970, he became the first football player to receive the Légion d'honneur...
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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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    Football. He contributed to the creation of the European Cup and the Ballon d'Or. Ferran was born to Pierre Ferran, a magistrate, and Lucie, daughter...
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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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    Cristiano Ronaldo (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has won five Ballon d'Or awards, a record three UEFA Men's Player of the Year Awards, and four...
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    asks Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg to twerk". SB Nation. Retrieved 3 December 2018. "Uefa president calls Solveig an 'idiot' over Ballon d'Or twerk...
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