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    The 1967 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 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 1966 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 Ballon d'Or Dream Team is an all-time all-star team published by France Football on 14 December 2020 after conducting an internet poll of fans to...
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    The 1968 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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    "Topscorer Eerste Klasse". "Ballon d'Or 1964". "Ballon d'Or 1965". "Ballon d'Or 1963". "Ballon d'Or 1966". "Ballon d'Or 1967". "Ballon d'Or 1972". "Paul Van Himst:...
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    Lionel Messi (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    one of the greatest players of all time, Messi has won a record eight Ballon d'Or awards, a record six European Golden Shoes, and was named the world's...
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    ("Ballon d'Or") 1967. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 22 June 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2020. European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1968...
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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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    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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    Voyage en ballon; 1960. Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm; Fifi la plume; 1965. Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm; Best Short Film, Versailles; 1967. Academy...
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    Flórián Albert (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    Fairs Cup: 1964–65 Hungarian League 1963, 1964, 1967 and 1968 Hungarian Cup 1972 Individual Ballon d'Or: 1967 Best Young Player Award: FIFA World Cup 1962...
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    Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935) (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    Suárez became the first and only male Spanish-born player to win the Ballon d'Or. In 1964, he helped Spain win their first European Championship title...
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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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    Franz Beckenbauer (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    to have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Champions Cup, and the Ballon d'Or. Beckenbauer was a versatile player who started out as a midfielder,...
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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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    1966–67, 1967–68 Belgian Cup: 1964–65; runner-up 1965–66 Individual Belgian Golden Shoe: 1957, 1962 Ballon d'Or 5th place: 1962 Ballon d'Or nominations:...
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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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    also won 23 caps for Scotland. He finished third in voting for the 1967 Ballon d'Or, and was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame when it was...
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    Team of the Tournament". January 2020. "Ballon d'Or 1980". "Ballon d'Or 1981". "Ballon d'Or 1985". "Ballon d'Or 1986". ""Onze Mondial" Awards". "Palmares...
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    Matthias Sammer (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    named the tournament's best player, and was subsequently awarded the Ballon d'Or later that year. Sammer retired with 74 total caps, 23 for East Germany...
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    Gerd Müller (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the Ballon d'Or. At international level with West Germany, he scored 68 goals in 62 appearances...
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    1958 Individual Ballon d'Or third place: 1962 German Footballer of the Year: 1962 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1962 FIFA XI: 1963, 1967 FUWO European Team...
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    Luka Modrić (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    club's 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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    position shared with Paolo Rossi. Asparuhov was also nominated for the 1965 Ballon d'Or award, finishing eighth in the final standings. In international football...
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  • "Domingo" Keïta (1963–67), who went on to win three Championships and the Ballon d'Or Africain (1970) at Saint-Étienne in France. Malian Première Division:...
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  • new technical director. On 12 December 1961 Omar Sivori received the Ballon d'Or, meanwhile John Charles finished at 8th place. After a disastrous league...
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    (finalists), 1965–66 (winners), 1966-67 (winners) Belgian Golden Shoe: 1963 Ballon d'Or nomination: 1964 Knight of the Walloon Order of Merit: 2014 Mamrud, Roberto...
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    Bobby Charlton (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    FIFA World Cup, the year he also won the Ballon d'Or. He finished second in the Ballon d'Or voting in 1967 and 1968. He played almost all of his club...
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    Johan Cruyff (category Ballon d'Or winners)
    players in history and as the greatest Dutch footballer ever, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973, and 1974. Cruyff was a proponent of the football...
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