2000 Ballon d'Or

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

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| name = 2000 Ballon d'Or

| image = Luis Figo.jpg

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| caption = 2000 Ballon d'Or winner Luís Figo in 2006

| date = 19 December 2000

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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|POR}} Luís Figo (1st award)

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| previous = 1999

| main = Ballon d'Or

| next = 2001

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The 2000 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 Luís Figo on 19 December 2000.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy00.html |title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2000 |first=José Luis |last=Pierrend |publisher=RSSSF |date=26 March 2005 |accessdate=27 February 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216092542/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy00.html |archivedate=16 February 2009 | url-status= live}}

Figo was the second Portuguese player to win the award after Eusébio (1965). He was also the third Real Madrid player to win the trophy after Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959) and Raymond Kopa (1958).{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html |title=European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") |publisher=RSSSF |date=16 January 2009 |accessdate=27 February 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212081244/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy.html |archivedate=12 February 2009 | url-status= live}}