1989 Ballon d'Or

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The 1989 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 Marco van Basten on 26 December 1989.[1] There were 27 voters, from Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia. Van Basten was awarded to Ballon d'Or for the second time.

1989 Ballon d'Or
1989 Ballon d'Or winner Marco van Basten
Date26 December 1989
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rankings

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Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Marco van Basten   AC Milan   Netherlands 119
2 Franco Baresi   Milan   Italy 80
3 Frank Rijkaard   Milan   Netherlands 43
4 Lothar Matthäus   Internazionale   West Germany 24
5 Peter Shilton   Derby County   England 22
6 Dragan Stojković   Red Star Belgrade   Yugoslavia 19
7 Ruud Gullit   Milan   Netherlands 16
8 Gheorghe Hagi   Steaua București   Romania 11
Jürgen Klinsmann   Internazionale   West Germany 11
10 Jean-Pierre Papin   Marseille   France 10
Michel Preud'homme   Mechelen   Belgium 10
12 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko   Dynamo Kyiv   Soviet Union 6
13 Míchel   Real Madrid   Spain 5
14 Andreas Brehme   Internazionale   West Germany 3
Paulo Futre   Atlético Madrid   Portugal 3
Karl-Heinz Riedle   Werder Bremen   West Germany 3
17 John Barnes   Liverpool   England 2
Packie Bonner   Celtic   Republic of Ireland 2
Glenn Hysén   Liverpool   Sweden 2
Oleh Kuznetsov   Dynamo Kyiv   Soviet Union 2
Andreas Möller   Borussia Dortmund   West Germany 2
Julio Salinas   Barcelona   Spain 2
23 Thomas Häßler   1. FC Köln   West Germany 1
Ronald Koeman   Barcelona   Netherlands 1
Robby Langers   Nice   Luxembourg 1
Gary Lineker   Tottenham Hotspur   England 1
Paolo Maldini   Milan   Italy 1
Theo Snelders   Aberdeen   Netherlands 1
Gianluca Vialli   Sampdoria   Italy 1
Oleksandr Zavarov   Juventus   Soviet Union 1

Super Ballon D'Or

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France Football awarded Alfredo Di Stéfano with the Super Ballon d'Or as the Argentinian legend came out on top beating Johan Cruyff and Michel Platini in the vote. All the previous winners of the award since 1956 were considered eligible for the nomination.

References

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  1. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1989". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 26 March 2005.
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