1982 Ballon d'Or

{{Short description|Annual association football award event in France}}

{{Infobox award

| name = 1982 Ballon d'Or

| image = Spagna '82 - Paolo Rossi, Coppa del Mondo.jpg

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| caption = 1982 Ballon d'Or winner Paolo Rossi

| date = 28 December 1982

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| presenter = France Football

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| website = {{URL|https://www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or/|2=francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or}}

| award1_type = Ballon d'Or

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| previous = 1981

| main = Ballon d'Or

| next = 1983

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The 1982 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 Paolo Rossi on 28 December 1982.{{Cite web

| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy82.html

| title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1982

| first = José Luis

| last = Pierrend

| publisher = RSSSF

| date = 7 Apr 2005

| accessdate = 24 December 2008

| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090118061741/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy82.html| archivedate= 18 January 2009 | url-status= live}}

Rossi was the third Italian national to win the award after Omar Sívori in 1961 and Gianni Rivera in 1969. Rossi was also the second Juventus player to win the trophy, after Sívori in 1961.{{cite web |title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")

|url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html| publisher = RSSSF | date = 18 December 2008 | accessdate = 24 December 2008| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20081217034637/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html| archivedate= 17 December 2008 | url-status= live}}