1999 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]

1999 Ballon d'Or
1999 Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo in 2014
Date21 December 1999
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rankings

RankPlayerClub(s)NationalityPoints
1Rivaldo Barcelona  Brazil219
2David Beckham Manchester United  England154
3Andriy Shevchenko Milan  Ukraine64
4Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina  Argentina48
5Luís Figo Barcelona  Portugal38
6Roy Keane Manchester United  Republic of Ireland36
7Christian Vieri Lazio  Italy33
8Juan Sebastián Verón Lazio  Argentina30
9Raúl Real Madrid  Spain27
10Lothar Matthäus Bayern Munich  Germany16
11Dwight Yorke Manchester United  Trinidad and Tobago14
12Jaap Stam Manchester United  Netherlands13
13Siniša Mihajlović Lazio  FR Yugoslavia12
14Zlatko Zahovič Olympiacos  Slovenia9
15Pavel Nedvěd Lazio  Czech Republic8
16Mário Jardel Porto  Brazil7
17Peter Schmeichel Manchester United  Denmark6
18Stefan Effenberg Bayern Munich  Germany5
19Zinedine Zidane Juventus  France4
Oliver Bierhoff Milan  Germany4
21Mario Basler Bayern Munich  Germany3
Ryan Giggs Manchester United  Wales3
23Hernán Crespo Parma  Argentina2
Nwankwo Kanu Arsenal  Nigeria2
Ronaldo Internazionale  Brazil2
26Andy Cole Manchester United  England1
Edgar Davids Juventus  Netherlands1
David Ginola Tottenham Hotspur  France1
Claudio López Valencia  Argentina1
Roberto Carlos Real Madrid  Brazil1
Marcelo Salas Lazio  Chile1

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.

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