1999 Ballon d'Or

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

{{Infobox award

| name = 1999 Ballon d'Or

| image = Rivaldo.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = 1999 Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo in 2014

| date = 21 December 1999

| location =

| presenter = France Football

| host =

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

| award1_type = Won by

| award1_winner = {{flagicon|BRA}} Rivaldo (1st award)

| award2_type =

| award2_winner =

| award3_type =

| award3_winner =

| award4_type =

| award4_winner =

| award5_type =

| award5_winner =

| previous = 1998

| main = Ballon d'Or

| next = 2000

}}

The 1999 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 Rivaldo on 21 December 1999.{{Cite web

| url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy99.html

| title = European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1999

| first = José Luis

| last = Pierrend

| publisher = RSSSF

| date = 26 March 2005

| accessdate = 4 November 2013

| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130314042310/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy99.html| archivedate= 14 March 2013 | url-status= live}}

Rankings

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Player

!Club(s)

!Nationality

!Points

style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;"

| 1

Rivaldoalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona{{flag|Brazil}}219
2David Beckhamalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United{{flag|England}}154
3Andriy Shevchenkoalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan{{flag|Ukraine}}64
4Gabriel Batistutaalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Fiorentina{{flag|Argentina}}48
5Luís Figoalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona{{flag|Portugal}}38
6Roy Keanealign="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United{{flag|Republic of Ireland}}36
7Christian Vierialign="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio{{flag|Italy}}33
8Juan Sebastián Verónalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio{{flag|Argentina}}30
9Raúlalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid{{flag|Spain}}27
10Lothar Matthäusalign="left"| {{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich{{flag|Germany}}16
11Dwight Yorkealign="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}14
12Jaap Stamalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United{{flag|Netherlands}}13
13Siniša Mihajlovićalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio{{flag|FR Yugoslavia}}12
14Zlatko Zahovičalign="left"| {{fbaicon|GRE}} Olympiacos{{flag|Slovenia}}9
15Pavel Nedvědalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio{{flag|Czech Republic}}8
16Mário Jardelalign="left"| {{fbaicon|POR}} Porto{{flag|Brazil}}7
17Peter Schmeichelalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United{{flag|Denmark}}6
18Stefan Effenbergalign="left"| {{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich{{flag|Germany}}5
rowspan="2"| 19Zinedine Zidanealign="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus{{flag|France}}4
Oliver Bierhoffalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan{{flag|Germany}}4
rowspan="2"| 21Mario Basleralign="left"| {{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich{{flag|Germany}}3
Ryan Giggsalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United{{flag|Wales}}3
rowspan="3"| 23Hernán Crespoalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Parma{{flag|Argentina}}2
Nwankwo Kanualign="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal{{flag|Nigeria}}2
Ronaldoalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale{{flag|Brazil}}2
rowspan="6"| 26Andy Colealign="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United{{flag|England}}1
Edgar Davidsalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus{{flag|Netherlands}}1
David Ginolaalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur{{flag|France}}1
Claudio Lópezalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia{{flag|Argentina}}1
Roberto Carlosalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid{{flag|Brazil}}1
Marcelo Salasalign="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio{{flag|Chile}}1

Additionally, 22 players were nominated but received no votes: Fabien Barthez (Monaco & France), Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal and Netherlands), Laurent Blanc (Marseille/Inter Milan & France), Gianluigi Buffon (Parma & Italy), Frank de Boer (Ajax/Barcelona & Netherlands), Marcel Desailly (Chelsea & France), Giovane Élber (Bayern Munich & Brazil), Pep Guardiola (Barcelona & Spain),

Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus & Italy), Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona & Netherlands), Paolo Maldini (Milan & Italy), Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid & Spain), Hidetoshi Nakata (Perugia & Japan), Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal & France), Gus Poyet (Chelsea & Uruguay), Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv & Ukraine), Lilian Thuram (Parma & France), Sylvain Wiltord (Bordeaux & France) and Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea & Italy).

References

{{reflist}}