1999 Ballon d'Or
{{Short description|Annual association football award event in France}}
{{Infobox award
| name = 1999 Ballon d'Or
| image = Rivaldo.jpg
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| 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 =
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| 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 | Rivaldo | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona | {{flag|Brazil}} | 219 |
2 | David Beckham | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United | {{flag|England}} | 154 |
3 | Andriy Shevchenko | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan | {{flag|Ukraine}} | 64 |
4 | Gabriel Batistuta | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Fiorentina | {{flag|Argentina}} | 48 |
5 | Luís Figo | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ESP}} Barcelona | {{flag|Portugal}} | 38 |
6 | Roy Keane | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United | {{flag|Republic of Ireland}} | 36 |
7 | Christian Vieri | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio | {{flag|Italy}} | 33 |
8 | Juan Sebastián Verón | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio | {{flag|Argentina}} | 30 |
9 | Raúl | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid | {{flag|Spain}} | 27 |
10 | Lothar Matthäus | align="left"| {{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich | {{flag|Germany}} | 16 |
11 | Dwight Yorke | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United | {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} | 14 |
12 | Jaap Stam | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United | {{flag|Netherlands}} | 13 |
13 | Siniša Mihajlović | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio | {{flag|FR Yugoslavia}} | 12 |
14 | Zlatko Zahovič | align="left"| {{fbaicon|GRE}} Olympiacos | {{flag|Slovenia}} | 9 |
15 | Pavel Nedvěd | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Lazio | {{flag|Czech Republic}} | 8 |
16 | Mário Jardel | align="left"| {{fbaicon|POR}} Porto | {{flag|Brazil}} | 7 |
17 | Peter Schmeichel | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United | {{flag|Denmark}} | 6 |
18 | Stefan Effenberg | align="left"| {{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich | {{flag|Germany}} | 5 |
rowspan="2"| 19 | Zinedine Zidane | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus | {{flag|France}} | 4 |
Oliver Bierhoff | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Milan | {{flag|Germany}} | 4 | |
rowspan="2"| 21 | Mario Basler | align="left"| {{fbaicon|GER}} Bayern Munich | {{flag|Germany}} | 3 |
Ryan Giggs | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United | {{flag|Wales}} | 3 | |
rowspan="3"| 23 | Hernán Crespo | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Parma | {{flag|Argentina}} | 2 |
Nwankwo Kanu | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Arsenal | {{flag|Nigeria}} | 2 | |
Ronaldo | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Internazionale | {{flag|Brazil}} | 2 | |
rowspan="6"| 26 | Andy Cole | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Manchester United | {{flag|England}} | 1 |
Edgar Davids | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ITA}} Juventus | {{flag|Netherlands}} | 1 | |
David Ginola | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Tottenham Hotspur | {{flag|France}} | 1 | |
Claudio López | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ESP}} Valencia | {{flag|Argentina}} | 1 | |
Roberto Carlos | align="left"| {{fbaicon|ESP}} Real Madrid | {{flag|Brazil}} | 1 | |
Marcelo Salas | align="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
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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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