1999 Ballon d'Or

1999 Ballon d'Or
1999 Ballon d'Or winner, Rivaldo in 2014
Date21 December 1999
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won byBrazil Rivaldo (1st award)
Websiteballondor.com

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] On 22 November 2000, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football was announced. [2][3]

Rankings

Source:[4]

Rank Player Club(s) Nationality Points
1RivaldoSpain Barcelona Brazil219
2David BeckhamEngland Manchester United England154
3Andriy ShevchenkoUkraine Dynamo Kyiv
Italy Milan		 Ukraine64
4Gabriel BatistutaItaly Fiorentina Argentina48
5Luís FigoSpain Barcelona Portugal38
6Roy KeaneEngland Manchester United Republic of Ireland36
7Christian VieriItaly Lazio Italy
Australia		33
8Juan Sebastián VerónItaly Lazio Argentina30
9RaúlSpain Real Madrid Spain27
10Lothar MatthäusGermany Bayern Munich Germany16
11Dwight YorkeEngland Manchester United Trinidad and Tobago14
12Jaap StamEngland Manchester United Netherlands13
13Siniša MihajlovićItaly Lazio FR Yugoslavia12
14Zlatko ZahovičGreece Olympiacos Slovenia9
15Pavel NedvědItaly Lazio Czech Republic8
16Mário JardelPortugal Porto Brazil7
17Peter SchmeichelEngland Manchester United Denmark
Poland		6
18Stefan EffenbergGermany Bayern Munich Germany5
19Zinedine ZidaneItaly Juventus France4
Oliver BierhoffItaly Milan Germany4
21Mario BaslerGermany Bayern Munich Germany3
Ryan GiggsEngland Manchester United Wales3
23Hernán CrespoItaly Parma Argentina2
Nwankwo KanuEngland Arsenal Nigeria2
RonaldoItaly Internazionale Brazil2
26Andy ColeEngland Manchester United England
Jamaica		1
Edgar DavidsItaly Juventus Netherlands
Suriname		1
David GinolaEngland Tottenham Hotspur France1
Claudio LópezSpain Valencia Argentina1
Roberto CarlosSpain Real Madrid Brazil1
Marcelo SalasItaly Lazio Chile1

Additionally, 22 players were nominated but received no votes: Fabien Barthez (Monaco & France), Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal and Netherlands), Laurent Blanc (Marseille/Inter Milan & France), Gianluigi Buffon (Parma & Italy), Frank de Boer (Ajax/Barcelona & Netherlands), Marcel Desailly (Chelsea & France), Giovane Élber (Bayern Munich & Brazil), Pep Guardiola (Barcelona & Spain), Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus & Italy), Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona & Netherlands), Paolo Maldini (Milan & Italy), Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid & Spain), Hidetoshi Nakata (Perugia & Japan), Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal & France), Gus Poyet (Chelsea & Uruguay), Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv & Ukraine), Lilian Thuram (Parma & France), Sylvain Wiltord (Bordeaux & France) and Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea & Italy).

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "EURO TOP 50 NAMED". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 2025-12-19. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  3. ↑ "THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD ?". Soccer Gaming. 1999-12-04. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  4. ↑ "France Football". www.francefootball.fr. Archived from the original on 2005-11-25. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
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