1999 Ballon d'Or
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| 1999 Ballon d'Or | |
|---|---|
 1999 Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo in 2014 | |
| Date | 21 December 1999 |
| Presented by | France Football |
| Website | francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or |
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.[1]
Rankings
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Additionally, 22 players were nominated but received no votes: Fabien Barthez, Dennis Bergkamp, Laurent Blanc, Gianluigi Buffon, Frank de Boer, Marcel Desailly, Giovane Élber, Pep Guardiola, Filippo Inzaghi, Patrick Kluivert, Paolo Maldini, Fernando Morientes, Hidetoshi Nakata, Emmanuel Petit, Gus Poyet, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, Lilian Thuram, Sylvain Wiltord and Gianfranco Zola.
References
[edit]- ^ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1999". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
