1995 Ballon d'Or

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

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| name = 1995 Ballon d'Or

| image = Coppa UEFA 1992-93 - Napoli vs PSG - George Weah.jpg

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| caption = 1995 Ballon d'Or winner George Weah

| date = 24 December 1995

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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 = Won by

| award1_winner = {{flagicon|Liberia}} George Weah (1st award)

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| previous = 1994

| main = Ballon d'Or

| next = 1996

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The 1995 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 George Weah on 24 December 1995.{{Cite web

| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy95.html

| title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1995

| first = José Luis

| last = Pierrend

| publisher = RSSSF

| date = 26 March 2005

| access-date = 12 November 2013

| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130314042321/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy95.html| archive-date= 14 March 2013 | url-status= live}} It was the first edition of this award where players born outside Europe were allowed to receive votes and was the first time a player representing an African nation won the award.