1995 Ballon d'Or

Summary

The 1995 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 George Weah on 24 December 1995.[1] It was the first edition of this award where players born outside Europe were allowed to receive votes and was the first time a player representing an African nation won the award.

1995 Ballon d'Or
1995 Ballon d'Or winner George Weah
Date24 December 1995[citation needed]
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rankings edit

Rank Player Club(s) Nationality Points
1 George Weah   Paris Saint-Germain
  Milan
  Liberia 144
2 Jürgen Klinsmann   Tottenham Hotspur
  Bayern Munich
  Germany 108
3 Jari Litmanen   Ajax   Finland 67
4 Alessandro Del Piero   Juventus   Italy 57
5 Patrick Kluivert   Ajax   Netherlands 47
6 Gianfranco Zola   Parma   Italy 41
7 Paolo Maldini   Milan   Italy 36
8 Marc Overmars   Ajax   Netherlands 33
9 Matthias Sammer   Borussia Dortmund   Germany 18
10 Michael Laudrup   Real Madrid   Denmark 17
11 Marcel Desailly   Milan   France 16
12 Frank Rijkaard   Ajax   Netherlands 15
Fabrizio Ravanelli   Juventus   Italy 15
14 Paulo Sousa   Juventus   Portugal 14
Hristo Stoichkov   Parma   Bulgaria 14
16 Dejan Savićević   Milan   Yugoslavia 12
17 Davor Šuker   Sevilla   Croatia 10
18 Fernando Hierro   Real Madrid   Spain 9
19 Gianluca Vialli   Juventus   Italy 8
20 Gabriel Batistuta   Fiorentina   Argentina 7
21 Franco Baresi   Milan   Italy 6
Finidi George   Ajax   Nigeria 6
23 Roberto Baggio   Juventus   Italy 5
Tony Yeboah   Leeds United   Ghana 5
Zvonimir Boban   Milan   Croatia 5
26 Ronaldo   PSV Eindhoven   Brazil 4
27 Juan Esnáider   Zaragoza
  Real Madrid
  Argentina 3
Iván Zamorano   Real Madrid   Chile 3
Andreas Möller   Borussia Dortmund   Germany 3
30 Vítor Baía   Porto   Portugal 2
Bebeto   Deportivo La Coruña   Brazil 2
32 Alan Shearer   Blackburn Rovers   England 1
Luís Figo   Barcelona   Portugal 1
Ian Wright   Arsenal   England 1

Additionally, sixteen players were nominated but received no votes: Daniel Amokachi, Dino Baggio, Abel Balbo, Mario Basler, Júlio César, Didier Deschamps, Donato Gama, Stefan Effenberg, Vincent Guérin, Christian Karembeu, Bernard Lama, Japhet N'Doram, Jay-Jay Okocha, Fernando Redondo, Peter Schmeichel and Clarence Seedorf.

References edit

  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1995". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.

External links edit

  • France Football Official Ballon d'Or page