Ballon d or 1999

The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year.

There was a time not too long ago when football's most prestigious individual award, the Ballon d'Or, was long debated and fiercely competitive. That was until when Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo emerged as global wrecking balls on the opposing defences and formed a mesmeric charge of awards towards La Liga. The two superstars have created their own history and record books away from the norm where the greats of Marco van Basten, Kaka, Zinedine Zidane and co. Luka Modric has been the only man to dethrone the two great men, although Messi would reclaim the Ballon d'Or just 12 months later. Modric's win in did, however, mean that the claim for the best in the world stuck with a player within Spain, overlooking the greats of world football from outside of La Liga once more. Now, after 12 years of a Messi-Ronaldo dominance, with a sprinkle of Croatian, we take a look at what players have been overlooked down the years for this prestigious trophy, from Andres Iniesta and Virgil van Dijk, to Thierry Henry and Raul. It's rare to see a team that wins an unprecedented Treble also see one of there players finish so far away from winning this famous trophy.

Ballon d or 1999

David Beckham was never just back-page news, he was front-page tabloid fodder. He could change his hairstyle and it would be everywhere; it helped he was pretty good at football too. Yet in the biggest moment in his career, the Champions League final, he was resigned to the role of side character. Cinema loves nothing more than a redemption arc, and in Beckham found himself as the protagonist of his own. It began with a kick, a flock of Argentinian blue shirts chirping around the ref, and a red card thrust into French night sky. With Manchester United, he lifted all three major trophies on offer to him and played a vital part in each. A peach of a goal, in which he effectively crossed the ball into the bottom left corner with a first-time strike that even had David Seaman flummoxed. So when Les Ferdinand lobbed Peter Schmeichel in the 24th minute, United needed a hero to stand up and rescue them. Ryan Giggs ran forward playing it into Paul Scholes as the Welshman ran beyond him. Would Scholes play him through? Would he pass to Dwight Yorke, who patiently stood in the box waiting for the ball to fall for him to put it away for the umpteenth time this season? Once again, Scholes refrained. The midfielder went to shoot but feigned his shot. The crowd stood up, the spurs defenders skidded to a halt. The United players were flummoxed.

The crowd stood up, the spurs defenders skidded to a halt.

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The Ballon d'Or is the most prestigious individual accolade in the world of football. Ever since its inception in , the gong — conceived by France Football — has been a yardstick for the great and the good in the beautiful game. The favourites for the BDO remain constant in the modern age but over the course of nearly 70 years, there have been shock winners and intriguing entries on the list. And while Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo both top the chart for most triumphs of the golden ball, the complete catalogue of champions reads like a galaxy of the elite. At 41 years old, Sir Stan is still the oldest-ever winner of the award. Di Stefano became the first man to win two Ballons d'Or in Raymond Kopa, now of Reims came second; Juventus legend John Charles became the first Welshman on the podium in third. The best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week. Spanish inside-right Luis Suarez won the s' first Ballon d'Or.

Ballon d or 1999

The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. From until the award was open to all players from around the world, as long as they had been been active at European clubs during that year. Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the award. The winner was Brazilian Rivaldo. Rivaldo was the second Brazilian to win the award after Ronaldo in See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners. Football some call it soccer is the world's most popular sport. See a calendar of what is coming up. There have been many legends of the game , particularly winners of the Ballon d'Or. For players, there are articles about Football Fitness and Fitness Testing.

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Football some call it soccer is the world's most popular sport. Defenders, as you would expect, are not often in contention for such individual accolades, with Fabio Cannavaro's win one of only three times a man at the back has won the award. He furiously shouted into the air, releasing his pent-up energy in a series of punches and jumps which embodied all of the emotions he had experienced across the last year. With Manchester United, he lifted all three major trophies on offer to him and played a vital part in each. Bruno Fernandes' goal against Everton has been compared by many to Eric Cantona's vs Sunderland, but the better comparison is surely David Beckham's wonderfully placed finish against Spurs in Owen, however, had serious competition from Raul that year, and debates still loom on whether or not the Liverpool star truly deserved his title. The Red Devils became the first-ever side to win a Treble, of course, with Beckham himself registering eight assists in the Champions League and nine in the Premier League during a fabulous season down the wing. Raul But Scholes had spotted him. Clearly, scoring as many goals as you please doesn't always win you trophies, and overlooking the Frenchman because of this was very harsh indeed. Cinema loves nothing more than a redemption arc, and in Beckham found himself as the protagonist of his own. Modric's win in did, however, mean that the claim for the best in the world stuck with a player within Spain, overlooking the greats of world football from outside of La Liga once more. Thierry Henry

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See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners. This one should of, at the very least, been much closer in the voting. United, of course, went on and scored a second, winning the league. Prior to his World Cup-winning goal against Netherlands. Yes, he even spoke in the third person like a proper villain. ABOUT contact author info advertising. However, the race was as close as a defender has come since the Italian won the World Cup in and arguments still linger today on whether or not the Dutchman was overlooked. Well not every sport, as there is a list of unusual sports , extinct sports and newly created sports. Cinema loves nothing more than a redemption arc, and in Beckham found himself as the protagonist of his own. The winner was Brazilian Rivaldo. We also have sports winners lists , and about major sports events and a summary of every year.