World Player / Manager Of The Year

[Matt]

OK, not an englishman amongst them but what the hell! Lets see if TT agrees with FIFA or not!

 

Previous Ballon d'Or winners:

1956 - Stanley Matthews (England), 1957 - Alfredo di Stefano (Spain), 1958 - Raymond Kopa (France), 1959 - Alfredo di Stefano (Spain), 1960 - Luis Suarez (Spain), 1961 - Omar Sivori (Italy),1962 - Josef Masopust (Czechoslovakia), 1963 - Lev Yashin (USSR),1964 - Denis Law (Scotland), 1965 - Eusebio (Portugal), 1966 - Bobby Charlton (England), 1967 - Florian Albert (Hungary), 1968 - George Best (Northern Ireland), 1969 - Gianni Rivera (Italy), 1970 - Gerd Mueller (West Germany), 1971 - Johan Cruyff (Netherlands),1972 - Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany), 1973 - Johan Cruyff (Netherlands), 1974 - Johan Cruyff (Netherlands), 1975 - Oleg Blokhin (USSR), 1976 - Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany), 1977 - Allan Simonsen (Denmark), 1978 - Kevin Keegan (England), 1979 - Kevin Keegan (England), 1980 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany), 1981 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany), 1982 - Paolo Rossi (Italy), 1983 - Michel Platini (France), 1984 - Platini,1985 - Platini, 1986 - Igor Belanov (USSR), 1987 - Ruud Gullit (Netherlands), 1988 - Marco van Basten (Netherlands), 1989 - Marco van Basten (Netherlands), 1990 - Lothar Matthaus (Germany),1991 - Jean-Pierre Papin (France), 1992 - Van Basten, 1993 - Roberto Baggio (Italy), 1994 - Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria), 1995 - George Weah (Liberia), 1996 - Matthias, Sammer (Germany), 1997 - Ronaldo (Brazil), 1998 - Zinedine Zidane (France), 1999 - Rivaldo (Brazil), 2000 - Luis Figo (Portugal), 2001 - Michael Owen (England),2002 - Ronaldo, 2003 - Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic), 2004 - Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine), 2005 - Ronaldinho (Brazil), 2006 - Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), 2007 - Kaka (Brazil), 2008 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), 2009 - Lionel Messi (Argentina).

Edited October 26, 2010 by Matt

[marcopaulo]

has to be mourinho for me cos of inter...and iniesta just looks brilliant whenever i see him so i have gone for him although i have probably missed other players as i dont watch that much european football

[Matt]

Ive just realised - we need to write to FIFA and tell them Tim Cahill is missing!

[Romey 1878]

Messi and Mourinho.

[marcopaulo]

Ive just realised - we need to write to FIFA and tell them Tim Cahill is missing!

 

 

and yakubu for twattin that meireles

[Matt]

Messi and Mourinho.

 

great minds mate

[rubecula]

Messi and Mourinho.

 

Yep same for me. I think Messi is a fabulous player, and Mourhino is far and away the best Manager around.

 

But that is just an opinion of course.

[holystove]

"I already voted above" .. what if I only wanted to vote "below"? .

[Matt]

good point.... ah well, its there now. Though really, who wants to vote for those in the bottom anyway? Very good players but surely not the best in the world (though it seems 2 of you nutters think they are)....

[Romey 1878]

"I already voted above" .. what if I only wanted to vote "below"? .

 

 

But those 3 players still appear above that option..?

[Guest Reg Reagan]

C.Ronaldo and SAF

 

There are better managers then Wenger and Ancelotti that deserve to be up there.