A list of all Ballon d’Or winners since the first award in 1956 after Lionel Messi was crowned for a record fifth time at a ceremony in Zurich on Monday: 1956: Stanley Matthews (ENG) 1957: Alfredo Di Stefano (ESP) 1958: Raymond Kopa (FRA) 1959: Alfredo Di Stefano (ESP) 1960: Luis Suarez (ESP) 1961: Omar Sivori (ITA) 1962: Josef Masopust (CZE) 1963: Lev Yachine (USSR) 1964: Denis Law (SCO) 1965: Eusebio (POR) 1966: Bobby Charlton (ENG) 1967: Florian Albert (HUN) 1968: George Best (NIR) 1969: Gianni Rivera (ITA) 1970: Gerd Müller (GER) 1971: Johan Cruyff (NED) 1972: Franz Beckenbauer (GER) 1973: Johan Cruyff (NED) 1974: Johan Cruyff (NED) 1975: Oleg Blokhine (URSS) 1976: Franz Beckenbauer (GER) 1977: Alan Simonsen (DEN) 1978: Kevin Keegan (ENG) 1979: Kevin Keegan (ENG) 1980: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (GER) 1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (GER) 1982: Paolo Rossi (ITA) 1983: Michel Platini (FRA) 1984: Michel Platini (FRA) 1985: Michel Platini (FRA) 1986: Igor Belanov (USSR) 1987: Ruud Gullit (NED) 1988: Marco van Basten (NED) 1989: Marco van Basten (NED) 1990: Lothar Matthäus (GER) 1991: Jean-Pierre Papin (FRA) 1992: Marco van Basten (NED) 1993: Roberto Baggio (ITA) 1994: Hristo Stoïchkov (BUL) 1995: George Weah (LBR) 1996: Matthias Sammer (GER) 1997: Ronaldo (BRA) 1998: Zinédine Zidane (FRA) 1999: Rivaldo (BRA) 2000: Luis Figo (POR) 2001: Michael Owen (ENG) 2002: Ronaldo (BRA) 2003: Pavel Nedved (CZE) 2004: Andrei Shevchenko (UKR) 2005: Ronaldinho (BRA) 2006: Fabio Cannavaro (ITA) 2007: Kaka (BRA) 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) 2009: Lionel Messi (ARG) 2010: Lionel Messi (ARG) 2011: Lionel Messi (ARG) 2012: Lionel Messi (ARG) 2013: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) 2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) 2015: Lionel Messi (ARG)
source: www.vanguardngr.com/2016/01/list-of-previous-ballon-dor-winners/

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