1995 Ballon d'Or

1995 Ballon d'Or
1995 Ballon d'Or winner, George Weah
Date24 December 1995
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won byLiberia George Weah (1st award)
Websiteballondor.com

The 1995 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 George Weah on 24 December 1995.[1] It was the first edition of this award where players born outside Europe were allowed to receive votes and was the first time a player representing an African nation won the award.

Rankings

Rank[2][3] Player Club(s) Nationality Points
1George WeahFrance Paris Saint-Germain
Italy Milan		 Liberia144
2Jürgen KlinsmannEngland Tottenham Hotspur
Germany Bayern Munich
 Germany108
3Jari LitmanenNetherlands Ajax Finland67
4Alessandro Del PieroItaly Juventus Italy57
5Patrick KluivertNetherlands Ajax Netherlands47
6Gianfranco ZolaItaly Parma Italy41
7Paolo MaldiniItaly Milan Italy36
8Marc OvermarsNetherlands Ajax Netherlands33
9Matthias SammerGermany Borussia Dortmund Germany18
10Michael LaudrupSpain Real Madrid Denmark17
11Marcel DesaillyItaly Milan France16
12Frank RijkaardNetherlands Ajax Netherlands15
Fabrizio RavanelliItaly Juventus Italy15
14Paulo SousaItaly Juventus Portugal14
Hristo StoichkovItaly Parma Bulgaria14
16Dejan SavićevićItaly Milan Yugoslavia12
17Davor ŠukerSpain Sevilla Croatia10
18Fernando HierroSpain Real Madrid Spain9
19Gianluca VialliItaly Juventus Italy8
20Gabriel BatistutaItaly Fiorentina Argentina7
21Franco BaresiItaly Milan Italy6
Finidi GeorgeNetherlands Ajax Nigeria6
23Roberto BaggioItaly Juventus Italy5
Tony YeboahEngland Leeds United Ghana5
Zvonimir BobanItaly Milan Croatia5
26RonaldoNetherlands PSV Eindhoven Brazil4
27Juan EsnáiderSpain Zaragoza
Spain Real Madrid		 Argentina3
Iván ZamoranoSpain Real Madrid Chile3
Andreas MöllerGermany Borussia Dortmund Germany3
30Vítor BaíaPortugal Porto Portugal2
BebetoSpain Deportivo La Coruña Brazil2
32Alan ShearerEngland Blackburn Rovers England1
Luís FigoSpain Barcelona Portugal1
Ian WrightEngland Arsenal England1

Additionally, sixteen players were nominated but received no votes: Daniel Amokachi (Everton & Nigeria), Dino Baggio (Parma & Italy), Abel Balbo (Roma & Argentina), Mario Basler (Werder Bremen & Germany), Júlio César (Borussia Dortmund & Brazil), Didier Deschamps (Juventus & France), Donato Gama (Deportivo La Coruña & Spain), Stefan Effenberg (Borussia Mönchengladbach & Germany), Vincent Guérin (Paris Saint-Germain & France), Christian Karembeu (Nantes/Sampdoria & France), Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain & France), Japhet N'Doram (Nantes & Chad), Jay-Jay Okocha (Eintracht Frankfurt & Nigeria), Fernando Redondo (Real Madrid & Argentina), Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United & Denmark) and Clarence Seedorf (Ajax/Sampdoria & Netherlands).

References

  1. ↑ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1995". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "France Football". www.francefootball.fr. Archived from the original on 2005-11-01. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  3. ↑ "France Football N*2594 Weah Ballon Or 1995 Milan Psg Klinsmann Poster Espagne • EUR 5,00". PicClick FR. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
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