1991 Ballon d'Or
{{Short description|Annual association football award event in France}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 1991 Ballon d'Or
| image = Jean-Pierre Papin (2).jpg
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| caption = 1991 Ballon d'Or winner Jean-Pierre Papin in 2012
| date = 24 December 1991
| location =
| presenter = France Football
| host =
| 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 = 1990
| main = Ballon d'Or
| next = 1992
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The 1991 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 Jean-Pierre Papin on 24 December 1991.{{Cite web
| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy91.html
| title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1991
| first = José Luis
| last = Pierrend
| publisher = RSSSF
| date = 18 December 2008
| accessdate = 30 December 2008
| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090116120302/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy91.html| archivedate= 16 January 2009 | url-status= live}}
Papin was the third French national to win the award after Raymond Kopa (1958) and Michel Platini (1983, 1984 and 1985). He was also the first player from the French League to win the trophy.{{Cite web
| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html
| title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")
| publisher = RSSSF
| date = 22 October 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}}
Rankings
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Rank !Name !Club(s) !Nationality !Points |
| style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;"
|1 |align="left"|Jean-Pierre Papin | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Marseille | align="left" |{{flag|France}} |141 |
| rowspan="3"|2
|align="left"|Dejan Savićević | align="left" |{{flagicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade | align="left" |{{flag|Yugoslavia}} |42 |
| align="left"|Darko Pančev
| align="left" |{{flagicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade | align="left" |{{flag|Yugoslavia}} |42 |
| align="left"|Lothar Matthäus
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Internazionale | align="left" |{{flag|Germany}} |42 |
| 5
|align="left"|Robert Prosinečki | align="left" |{{flagicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade | align="left" |{{flag|Yugoslavia}} |34 |
| 6
|align="left"|Gary Lineker | align="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur | align="left" |{{flag|England}} |33 |
| 7
|align="left"|Gianluca Vialli | align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Sampdoria | align="left" |{{flag|Italy}} |18 |
| 8
|align="left"|Miodrag Belodedici | align="left" |{{flagicon|YUG}} Red Star Belgrade | align="left" |{{flag|Romania}} |15 |
| 9
|align="left"|Mark Hughes | align="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester United | align="left" |{{flag|Wales}} |12 |
| 10
|align="left"|Chris Waddle | align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Marseille | align="left" |{{flag|England}} |11 |
| 11
|align="left"|Michael Laudrup | align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona | align="left" |{{flag|Denmark}} |7 |
| 12
|align="left"|Rudi Völler | align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Roma | align="left" |{{flag|Germany}} |5 |
| rowspan="6"|13
|align="left"|Txiki Begiristain | align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona | align="left" |{{flag|Spain}} |3 |
| align="left"|Stéphane Chapuisat
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Borussia Dortmund | align="left" |{{flag|Switzerland}} |3 |
| align="left"|Bruno Martini
| align="left" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Auxerre | align="left" |{{flag|France}} |3 |
| align="left"|Paul McGrath
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Aston Villa | align="left" |{{flag|Republic of Ireland}} |3 |
| align="left"|Dean Saunders
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Derby County | align="left" |{{flag|Wales}} |3 |
| align="left"|Hristo Stoichkov
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Barcelona | align="left" |{{flag|Bulgaria}} |3 |
| rowspan="2"|19
|align="left"|Roberto Mancini | align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Sampdoria | align="left" |{{flag|Italy}} |2 |
| align="left"|Marco van Basten
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Milan | align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands}} |2 |
| rowspan="11"|21
|align="left"|Guido Buchwald | align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} VfB Stuttgart | align="left" |{{flag|Germany}} |1 |
| align="left"|Thomas Doll
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Lazio | align="left" |{{flag|Germany}} |1 |
| align="left"|Stefan Effenberg
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GER}} Bayern Munich | align="left" |{{flag|Germany}} |1 |
| align="left"|Ruud Gullit
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Milan | align="left" |{{flag|Netherlands}} |1 |
| align="left"|Gheorghe Hagi
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid | align="left" |{{flag|Romania}} |1 |
| align="left"|Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
| align="left" |{{flagicon|SCO}} Rangers | align="left" |{{flag|Soviet Union}} |1 |
| align="left"|Gary Pallister
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ENG}} Manchester United | align="left" |{{flag|England}} |1 |
| align="left"|Dimitris Saravakos
| align="left" |{{flagicon|GRE}} Panathinaikos | align="left" |{{flag|Greece}} |1 |
| align="left"|Gianluca Pagliuca
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Sampdoria | align="left" |{{flag|Italy}} |1 |
| align="left"|Guy Hellers
| align="left" |{{flagicon|BEL}} Standard Liège | align="left" |{{flag|Luxembourg}} |1 |
| align="left"|Laurent Blanc
| align="left" |{{flagicon|ITA}} Napoli | align="left" |{{flag|France}} |1 |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090319142513/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/Ballon_Or_home.html France Football Official Ballon d'Or page]
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