FIFA Men’s Player of the Year Winners

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FIFA player of the year winners (combined with France Football magazine's Ballon d'Or for European player of the year from 2010-15):

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FIFA player of the year winners (combined with France Football magazine’s Ballon d’Or for European player of the year from 2010-15):

1991_Lothar Matthaeus, Germany

1992_Marco Van Basten, Netherlands

1993_Roberto Baggio, Italy

1994_Romario, Brazil

1995_George Weah, Liberia

1996_Ronaldo, Brazil

1997_Ronaldo, Brazil

1998_Zinedine Zidane, France

1999_Rivaldo, Brazil

2000_Zinedine Zidane, France

2001_Luis Figo, Portugal

2002_Ronaldo, Brazil

2003_Zinedine Zidane, France

2004_Ronaldinho, Brazil

2005_Ronaldinho, Brazil

2006_Fabio Cannavaro, Italy

2007_Kaka, Brazil

2008_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal

2009_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2010_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2011_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2012_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2013_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal

2014_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal

2015_Lionel Messi, Argentina

2016_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal

2017_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal

2018_Luka Modric, Croatia

2019_Lionel Messi, Argentina

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Previous winners of the Golden Ball, awarded to the European player of the year by France Football magazine:

1956_Stanley Matthews, Blackpool

1957_Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid

1958_Raymond Kopa, Real Madrid

1959_Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid

1960_Luis Suarez, Barcelona

1961_Omar Sivori, Juventus

1962_Josef Masopust, Dukla Prague

1963_Lev Yashin, Dynamo Moscow

1964_Denis Law, Manchester United

1965_Eusebio, Benfica

1966_Bobby Charlton, Manchester United

1967_Florian Albert, Ferencvaros

1968_George Best, Manchester United

1969_Gianni Rivera, AC Milan

1970_Gerd Muller, Bayern Munich

1971_Johan Cruyff, Ajax

1972_Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern Munich

1973_Johan Cruyff, Barcelona

1974_Johan Cruyff, Barcelona

1975_Oleg Blokhin, Dynamo Kyiv

1976_Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern Munich

1977_Allan Simonsen, Borussia Moenchengladbach

1978_Kevin Keegan, Hamburg SV

1979_Kevin Keegan, Hamburg SV

1980_Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich

1981_Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich

1982_Paolo Rossi, Juventus

1983_Michel Platini, Juventus

1984_Michel Platini, Juventus

1985_Michel Platini, Juventus

1986_Igor Belanov, Dynamo Kyiv

1987_Ruud Gullit, AC Milan

1988_Marco van Basten, AC Milan

1989_Marco van Basten, AC Milan

1990_Lothar Matthaeus, Inter Milan

1991_Jean-Pierre Papin, Marseille

1992_Marco van Basten, AC Milan

1993_Roberto Baggio, Juventus

1994_Hristo Stoichkov, Barcelona

1995_George Weah, AC Milan

1996_Matthias Sammer, Borussia Dortmund

1997_Ronaldo, Inter Milan

1998_Zinedine Zidane, Juventus

1999_Rivaldo, Barcelona

2000_Luis Figo, Real Madrid

2001_Michael Owen, Liverpool

2002_Ronaldo, Real Madrid

2003_Pavel Nedved, Juventus

2004_Andriy Shevchenko, AC Milan

2005_Ronaldinho, Barcelona

2006_Fabio Cannavaro, Juventus-Real Madrid

2007_Kaka, AC Milan

2008_Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United

2009_Lionel Messi, Barcelona

2016_Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid

2017_Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid

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