European Footballer of the Year

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European Footballer of the Year

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1956 Stanley Matthews England / Blackpool

1957 Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain / Real Madrid

1958 Raymond Kopa France / Real Madrid

1959 Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain / Real Madrid

1960 Luis Suárez Spain / F.C. Barcelona

1961 Omar Sivori Italy / Juventus

1962 Josef Masopust Czechoslovakia / Dukla Prague

1963 Lev Yashin USSR / Dynamo Moscow

1964 Denis Law Scotland / Manchester United

1965 Eusebio Ferreira da Silva Portugal / Benfica

1966 Bobby Charlton England / Manchester United

1967 Florian Albert Hungary / Ferencvaros

1968 George Best Northern Ireland / Manchester United

1969 Gianni Rivera Italy / A.C. Milan

1970 Gerd Müller Germany / Bayern Munich

1971 Johan Cruijff Netherlands / Ajax Amsterdam

1972 Franz Beckenbauer Germany / Bayern Munich

1973 Johan Cruijff Netherlands / F.C. Barcelona

1974 Johan Cruijff Netherlands / F.C. Barcelona

1975 Oleg Blokhin USSR / Dynamo Kiev

1976 Franz Beckenbauer Germany / Bayern Munich

1977 Allan Simonsen Denmark / Borussia Mönchengladbach

1978 Kevin Keegan England / Hamburger SV

1979 Kevin Keegan England / Hamburger SV

1980 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Germany / Bayern Munich

1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Germany / Bayern 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 / A.C. Milan

1988 Marco van Basten Netherlands / A.C. Milan

1989 Marco van Basten Netherlands / A.C. Milan

1990 Lothar Matthäus Germany / Inter Milan

1991 Jean-Pierre Papin France / Olympique Marseille

1992 Marco van Basten Netherlands / A.C. Milan

1993 Roberto Baggio Italy / Juventus

1994 Hristo Stoitchkov Bulgaria / F.C. Barcelona

1995 George Weah Liberia / A.C. Milan

1996 Matthias Sammer Germany / Borussia Dortmund

1997 Ronaldo Brazil / Inter Milan

1998 Zinédine Zidane France / Juventus

1999 Rivaldo Brazil / F.C. Barcelona

2000 Luís Figo Portugal / Real Madrid

2001 Michael Owen England / Liverpool

2002 Ronaldo Brazil / Real Madrid

2003 Pavel Nedved Czech Republic / Juventus

2004 Andriy Shevchenko Ukraine / A.C. Milan

2005 Ronaldinho Brazil / F.C. Barcelona

2006 Fabio Cannavaro Italy / Juventus and Real Madrid

2007 Kaká Brazil / Milan

2008 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal / Manchester United

2009 Lionel Messi Argentina / Barcelona

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