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| Winners of the Golden Ball since 1956 |
| Year |
Player |
Country/Club |
| 1956 |
Stanley Matthews |
England/Blackpool |
| 1957 |
Alfredo Di Stefano |
Spain/Real Madrid |
| 1958 |
Raymond Kopa |
France/Real Madrid |
| 1959 |
Alfredo Di Stefano |
Spain/Real Madrid |
| 1960 |
Luis Suarez |
Spain/Barcelona |
| 1961 |
Omar Sivori |
Italy/Juventus |
| 1962 |
Josef Masopust |
Czech./Dukla Prague |
| 1963 |
Lev Yashin |
USSR/Dynamo Moscow |
| 1964 |
Denis Law |
Scotland/Man Utd |
| 1965 |
Eusebio |
Portugal/Benfica Lisbon |
| 1966 |
Bobby Charlton |
England/Man Utd |
| 1967 |
Florian Albert |
Hungary/Fer. Budapest |
| 1968 |
George Best |
Northern Ireland/Man Utd |
| 1969 |
Gianni Rivera |
Italy/AC Milan |
| 1970 |
Gerd Mueller |
Germany/Bay. Munich |
| 1971 |
Johan Cruyff |
Netherlands/Ajax |
| 1972 |
Franz Beckenbauer |
Germany/Bay. Munich |
| 1973 |
Johan Cruyff |
Netherlands/Barcelona |
| 1974 |
Johan Cruyff |
Netherlands/Barcelona |
| 1975 |
Oleg Blochin |
USSR/Dynamo Kiev |
| 1976 |
Franz Beckenbauer |
Germany/Bay. Munich |
| 1977 |
Allan Simonsen |
Den./B. Moenchengladbach |
| 1978 |
Kevin Keegan |
England/SV Hamburg |
| 1979 |
Kevin Keegan |
England/SV Hamburg |
| 1980 |
K.-H. Rummenigge |
Germany/Bay. Munich |
| 1981 |
K.-H. Rummenigge |
Germany/Bay. Munich |
| 1982 |
Paolo Rossi |
Italy/Juventus |
| 1983 |
Michel Platini |
France/Juventus |
| 1984 |
Michel Platini |
France/Juventus |
| 1985 |
Michel Platini |
France/Juventus |
| 1986 |
Igor Belanov |
USSR/Dynamo Kiev |
| 1987 |
Ruud Gullit |
Netherlands/AC Milan |
| 1988 |
Marco van Basten |
Netherlands/AC Milan |
| 1989 |
Marco van Basten |
Netherlands/AC Milan |
| 1990 |
Lothar Matthaeus |
Germany/Inter Milan |
| 1991 |
Jean-Pierre Papin |
France/O. Marseille |
| 1992 |
Marco van Basten |
Netherlands/AC Milan |
| 1993 |
Roberto Baggio |
Italy/Juventus |
| 1994 |
Hristo Stoichkov |
Bulgaria/Barcelona |
| 1995 |
George Weah |
Liberia/AC Milan |
| 1996 |
Matthias Sammer |
Germany/B. Dortmund |
| 1997 |
Ronaldo |
Brazil/Inter Milan |
| 1998 |
Zinedine Zidane |
France/Juventus |
| 1999 |
Rivaldo |
Brazil/Barcelona |
| 2000 |
Luis Figo |
Portugal/Real Madrid |
| 2001 |
Michael Owen |
England/Liverpool |
| 2002 |
Ronaldo |
Brazil/Real Madrid |
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