The 1969 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 the Italian midfielder Gianni Rivera (Milan) on 23 December 1969.[1] There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.[2] Rivera became the second Italian to win the award, after Omar Sívori in 1961. He was also the first Milan player to win the trophy.[3]

1969 Ballon d'Or
1969 Ballon d'Or winner Gianni Rivera
Date23 December 1969
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won byItaly Gianni Rivera (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rankings

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Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Gianni Rivera   Milan   Italy 83
2 Gigi Riva   Cagliari   Italy 79
3 Gerd Müller   Bayern Munich   West Germany 38
4 Johan Cruyff   Ajax   Netherlands 30
Ove Kindvall   Feyenoord   Sweden
6 George Best   Manchester United   Northern Ireland 21
7 Franz Beckenbauer   Bayern Munich   West Germany 18
8 Pierino Prati   Milan   Italy 17
9 Petar Zhekov   CSKA Sofia   Bulgaria 14
10 Jack Charlton   Leeds United   England 10
11 Albert Shesternyov   CSKA Moscow   Soviet Union 8
12 Dragan Džajić   Red Star Belgrade   Yugoslavia 6
13 Francis Lee   Manchester City   England 4
Martin Peters   West Ham United   England
15 Jozef Adamec   Spartak Trnava   Czechoslovakia 3
Bobby Charlton   Manchester United   England
Angelo Sormani   Milan   Italy
18 Ferenc Bene   Újpest   Hungary 2
Andrej Kvašňák   KRC Mechelen   Czechoslovakia
Louis Pilot   Standard Liège   Luxembourg
Giorgos Sideris   Olympiacos   Greece
Manuel Velázquez   Real Madrid   Spain
23 Billy Bremner   Leeds United   Scotland 1
Kazimierz Deyna   Legia Warsaw   Poland
Mimis Domazos   Panathinaikos   Greece
Gilbert Gress   VfB Stuttgart   France
Jimmy Johnstone   Celtic   Scotland
Włodzimierz Lubański   Górnik Zabrze   Poland
Vladimir Muntyan   Dynamo Kyiv   Soviet Union
Wilfried Van Moer   Standard Liège   Belgium
Ivo Viktor   Dukla Prague   Czechoslovakia

References

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  1. ^ "1969 – Gianni Rivera". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1969". RSSSF. 22 June 2005. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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