FIFA BALLON D'OR : COUNTDOWN OF BALLON D'OR WINNERS FROM 1956 TILL DATE

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon D'or for the third time on January 12th,2015,congratulations to him.





The Ballon D'or award started back in 1956 and below is a countdown of Ballon D'or winners from 1956 till date :

player : Stanley Mathew
year : 1956
club and country : Blackpool and England

player ; Alfredo di Stefano
year : 1957
club and country : Real Madrid and Spain

player : Raymond Kopa
year : 1958
club and country : Real Madrid and France

player : Alfredo di Stefano
year : 1959
club and country : Real Madrid and Spain

player : Luis Suarez
year : 1960
club and country : Barcelona and Spain

player : Omar Sivori
year : 1961
club and country : Juventus and Italy

player : Jaset Masopust
year : 1962
club and country : Dukla Prague and Czechoslovakia

player : Lev Yeshin
year : 1963
club and country : Dynamo Moscow and Soviet Union

player ; Denis Law
year : 1964
club and country : Manchester United and Scotland

player : Eusebio
year : 1965
club and country : Benfica and Portugal

player : Bobby Charlton
year : 1966
club and country : Manchester United and England

player : Florian Albert
year : 1967
club and country : Ferencvorosi and Hungary

player : George Best
year : 1968
club and country : Manchester United and Northern Ireland

player : Gianni Rivera
year :1969
club and country : AC Milan and Italy

player : Gerd Muller
year : 1970
club and country : Bayern Munich and West Germany

player : Johan Cruff
year : 1971
club and country : Ajax and Netherlands

player : Franz Beckenbauer
year : 1972
club and country : Bayern Munich and West Germany

player : Johan Cruff
year : 1973
club and country : Barcelona and Netherlands

player : Johan Cruff
year : 1974
club and country : Barcelona and Netherlands

player : Oleg Bloklin
year : 1975
club and country : Dynamo Kiev and USSR

player : Franz Beckenbauer
year : 1976
club and country : Bayern Munich and West Germany

player : Allen Simonsen
year : 1977
club and country : Borussia Monchengladbach and Denmark

player : Kevin Keegan
year : 1978
club and country : Hamburg and England

player : Kevin Keegan
year : 1979
club and country : Hamburg and England

player : Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
year :1980
club and country : Bayern Munich and West Germany

player : Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
year : 1981
club and country : Bayern Munich and West Germany

player : Paolo Rossi
year : 1982
club and country : Juventus and Italy

player : Michel Platini
year : 1983
club and country : Juventus and France

player : Michel Platini
year : 1984
club and country : Juventus and France

player : Michel Platini
year : 1985
club and country : Juventus and France

player : Igor Belanov
year : 1986
club and country : Dynamo Kiev and South Union

player : Ruud Gullit
year : 1987
club and country : PSG/AC Milan and Netherlands

player : Marco Van Basten
year : 1988
club and country : AC Milan and Netherlands

player : Marco Van Basten
year : 1989
club and country : AC Milan and Netherlands

player : Lothar Mathaus
year : 1990
club and country : Inter Milan and West Germany

player : Jean-Pierre Papin
year : 1991
club and country : Marseille and France

player : Marco Van Basten
year : 1992
club and country : AC Milan and Netherlands

player : Roberto Baggio
year : 1993
club and country : Juventus and Italy

player : Christo Stoichkov
year : 1994
club and country : Barcelona and Bulgaria

player : George Weah
year : 1995
club and country : PSG/AC Milan and Liberia

player : Mathias Sammer
year : 1996
club and country : Borussia Dortmund and Germany

player : Ronaldo de Lima
year : 1997
club and country : Barcelona/Inter Milan and Brazil

player : Zinedine Zidane
year : 1998
club and country : Juventus and France

player : Rivaldo
year : 1999
club and country : Barcelona and Brazil

player : Luis Figo
year : 2000
club and country : Barcelona/Real Madrid and Portugal

player : Micheal Owen
year : 2001
club and country : Liverpool and England

player : Ronaldo de Lima
year : 2002
club and country : Inter Milan/Real Madrid and Brazil

player : Pavel Nedved
year : 2003
club and country : Juventus and Czech Republic

player : Ronaldinho
year : 2004
club and country : Barcelona and Brazil

player : Ronaldinho
year : 2005
club and country : Barcelona and Brazil

player : Fabio Cannavarnj
year : 2006
club and country : Juventus/Real Madrid and Italy

player : Kaka
year : 2007
club and country : AC Milan and Brazil

player : Cristiano Ronaldo
year : 2008
club and country : Manchester United and Portugal

player : Lionel Messi
year : 2009
club and country : Barcelona and Argentina

player : Lionel Messi
year : 2010
club and country : Barcelona and Argentina

player : Lionel Messi
year : 2011
club and country : Barcelona and Argentina

player : Lionel Messi
year : 2012
club and country : Barcelona and Argentina

player : Cristiano Ronaldo
year : 2013
club and country : Real Madrid and Portugal

player : Cristiano Ronaldo
year : 2014
club and country : Real Madrid and Portugal