1999 Ballon d'Or

The 1999 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 Rivaldo on 21 December 1999.[1]

1999 Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Rivaldo Barcelona Brazil219
2David Beckham Manchester United England154
3Andriy Shevchenko Milan Ukraine64
4Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina Argentina48
5Luís Figo Barcelona Portugal38
6Roy Keane Manchester United Republic of Ireland36
7Christian Vieri Lazio Italy33
8Juan Sebastián Verón Lazio Argentina30
9Raúl Real Madrid Spain27
10Lothar Matthäus Bayern Munich Germany16
11Dwight Yorke Manchester United Trinidad and Tobago14
12Jaap Stam Manchester United Netherlands13
13Siniša Mihajlović Lazio FR Yugoslavia12
14Zlatko Zahovič Olympiacos Slovenia9
15Pavel Nedvěd Lazio Czech Republic8
16Mário Jardel Porto Brazil7
17Peter Schmeichel Manchester United Denmark6
18Stefan Effenberg Bayern Munich Germany5
19Zinedine Zidane Juventus France4
Oliver Bierhoff Milan Germany4
21Mario Basler Bayern Munich Germany3
Ryan Giggs Manchester United Wales3
23Hernán Crespo Parma Argentina2
Nwankwo Kanu Arsenal Nigeria2
Ronaldo Internazionale Brazil2
26Andy Cole Manchester United England1
Edgar Davids Juventus Netherlands1
David Ginola Tottenham Hotspur France1
Claudio López Valencia Argentina1
Roberto Carlos Real Madrid Brazil1
Marcelo Salas Lazio Chile1

Additionally, 22 players were nominated but received no votes: Fabien Barthez, Dennis Bergkamp, Laurent Blanc, Gianluigi Buffon, Frank de Boer, Marcel Desailly, Giovane Élber, Pep Guardiola, Filippo Inzaghi, Patrick Kluivert, Paolo Maldini, Fernando Morientes, Hidetoshi Nakata, Emmanuel Petit, Gus Poyet, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, Lilian Thuram, Sylvain Wiltord and Gianfranco Zola.

References

  1. Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1999". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
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