1998 Ballon d'Or

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1998 Ballon d'Or
File:Zinedine Zidane 20minutos.jpg
1998 Ballon d'Or winner Zinedine Zidane in 2008
Date22 December 1998
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1998 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 Zinedine Zidane on 22 December 1998.[1]

Rankings

Rank Player Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus File:Flag of France.svg France 244
2 Davor Šuker Spain Real Madrid File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 68
3 Ronaldo Italy Internazionale File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 66
4 Michael Owen England Liverpool File:Flag of England.svg England 51
5 Rivaldo Spain Barcelona File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 45
6 Gabriel Batistuta Italy Fiorentina File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 43
7 Lilian Thuram Italy Parma File:Flag of France.svg France 36
8 Edgar Davids Italy Juventus File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 28
Dennis Bergkamp England Arsenal File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 28
10 Marcel Desailly England Chelsea File:Flag of France.svg France 19
11 Frank de Boer Netherlands Ajax File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 17
12 Emmanuel Petit England Arsenal File:Flag of France.svg France 16
13 Roberto Carlos Spain Real Madrid File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 13
14 Laurent Blanc France Marseille File:Flag of France.svg France 11
Fabien Barthez France Monaco File:Flag of France.svg France 11
16 Alessandro Del Piero Italy Juventus File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 10
Predrag Mijatović Spain Real Madrid File:Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006).svg Yugoslavia 10
18 Didier Deschamps Italy Juventus File:Flag of France.svg France 9
Oliver Bierhoff Italy Milan File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 9
20 Michael Laudrup Netherlands Ajax File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 6
21 Ronald de Boer Netherlands Ajax File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 4
Raúl Spain Real Madrid File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4
23 Brian Laudrup England Chelsea File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 3
Clarence Seedorf Spain Real Madrid File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3
Marc Overmars England Arsenal File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 3
26 Christian Vieri Italy Lazio File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2
Fernando Hierro Spain Real Madrid File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2
28 David Beckham England Manchester United File:Flag of England.svg England 1
Luis Enrique Spain Barcelona File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 1
Bixente Lizarazu Germany Bayern Munich File:Flag of France.svg France 1
Nikos Machlas Netherlands Vitesse File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1

Additionally, nineteen players were nominated but received no votes: Tony Adams, Roberto Baggio, Zvonimir Boban, Fabio Cannavaro, Denílson, Tore André Flo, Adrian Ilie, Filippo Inzaghi, Robert Jarni, Hidetoshi Nakata, Pavel Nedvěd, Sunday Oliseh, Ariel Ortega, Gianluca Pagliuca, Marcelo Salas, David Seaman, Andriy Shevchenko, Juan Sebastián Verón and Iván Zamorano.

References

  1. Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1998". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

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