1998 Ballon d'Or

The 1998 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 Zinedine Zidane on 22 December 1998.[1]

1998 Ballon d'Or winner Zinedine Zidane

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Zinedine Zidane Juventus France244
2Davor Šuker Real Madrid Croatia68
3Ronaldo Internazionale Brazil66
4Michael Owen Liverpool England51
5Rivaldo Barcelona Brazil45
6Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina Argentina43
7Lilian Thuram Parma France36
8Edgar Davids Juventus Netherlands28
Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal Netherlands28
10Marcel Desailly Chelsea France19
11Frank de Boer Ajax Netherlands17
12Emmanuel Petit Arsenal France16
13Roberto Carlos Real Madrid Brazil13
14Laurent Blanc Marseille France11
Fabien Barthez Monaco France11
16Alessandro Del Piero Juventus Italy10
Predrag Mijatović Real Madrid Yugoslavia10
18Didier Deschamps Juventus France9
Oliver Bierhoff Milan Germany9
20Michael Laudrup Ajax Denmark6
21Ronald de Boer Ajax Netherlands4
Raúl Real Madrid Spain4
23Brian Laudrup Chelsea Denmark3
Clarence Seedorf Real Madrid Netherlands3
Marc Overmars Arsenal Netherlands3
26Christian Vieri Lazio Italy2
Fernando Hierro Real Madrid Spain2
28David Beckham Manchester United England1
Luis Enrique Barcelona Spain1
Bixente Lizarazu Bayern Munich France1
Nikos Machlas Vitesse Greece1

Additionally, nineteen players were nominated but received no votes: Tony Adams, Roberto Baggio, Zvonimir Boban, Fabio Cannavaro, Denílson, Tore André Flo, Adrian Ilie, Filippo Inzaghi, Robert Jarni, Hidetoshi Nakata, Pavel Nedvěd, Sunday Oliseh, Ariel Ortega, Gianluca Pagliuca, Marcelo Salas, David Seaman, Andriy Shevchenko, Juan Sebastián Verón and Iván Zamorano.

References

  1. Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1998". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
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