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1996 Ballon d'Or

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1996 Ballon d'Or
1996 Ballon d'Or winner Matthias Sammer in 1990
Date24 December 1996
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1996 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 Matthias Sammer on 24 December 1996.[1]

Rankings

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Rank Player Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Matthias Sammer Germany Borussia Dortmund  Germany 144
2 Ronaldo Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Spain Barcelona
 Brazil 143[note 1]
3 Alan Shearer England Blackburn Rovers
England Newcastle United
 England 107[note 2]
4 Alessandro Del Piero Italy Juventus  Italy 69[note 3]
5 Jürgen Klinsmann Germany Bayern Munich  Germany 60
6 Davor Šuker Spain Real Madrid  Croatia 38
7 Eric Cantona England Manchester United  France 24
8 Marcel Desailly Italy Milan  France 22
9 Youri Djorkaeff Italy Internazionale  France 20
10 Karel Poborský Czech Republic Slavia Prague
England Manchester United
 Czech Republic 15
11 Nwankwo Kanu Italy Internazionale  Nigeria 14
12 George Weah Italy Milan  Liberia 13[note 4]
13 Alen Bokšić Italy Juventus  Croatia 12
Gabriel Batistuta Italy Fiorentina  Argentina 12
Andreas Köpke France Marseille  Germany 12
16 Fabrizio Ravanelli England Middlesbrough  Italy 9
Predrag Mijatović Spain Real Madrid  Yugoslavia 9
18 Didier Deschamps Italy Juventus  France 8
19 Kubilay Türkyilmaz Switzerland Grasshopper   Switzerland 5
20 David Seaman England Arsenal  England 4
Raúl Spain Real Madrid  Spain 4
22 Paolo Maldini Italy Milan  Italy 3
Christian Ziege Germany Bayern Munich  Germany 3
Patrik Berger Germany Borussia Dortmund
England Liverpool
 Czech Republic 3
Trifon Ivanov Austria Rapid Wien  Bulgaria 3
26 Radek Bejbl Czech Republic Slavia Prague
Spain Atlético Madrid
 Czech Republic 2
Rui Costa Italy Fiorentina  Portugal 2
28 Ronald de Boer Netherlands Ajax  Netherlands 1
Luís Figo Spain Barcelona  Portugal 1
Brian Laudrup Scotland Rangers  Denmark 1
Sergi Spain Barcelona  Spain 1
Zinedine Zidane Italy Juventus  France 1

Additionally, eighteen players were nominated but received no votes: Oliver Bierhoff, Laurent Blanc, Zvonimir Boban, Enrico Chiesa, Edgar Davids, Robbie Fowler, Thomas Helmer, Bernard Lama, Jari Litmanen, Andreas Möller, Pavel Nedvěd, Jay-Jay Okocha, Raí, Dejan Savićević, Mehmet Scholl, Diego Simeone, Gianluca Vialli and Javier Zanetti.

Notes

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  1. ^ France Football reports Ronaldo with 141 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
  2. ^ France Football reports Shearer with 109 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
  3. ^ France Football reports Del Piero with 65 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).
  4. ^ France Football reports Weah with 17 points. After reviewing each voter's vote, it seems that the vote from Northern Ireland was counted backwards (1st choice was counted as 5th, 2nd as 4th, and so forth).

References

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  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1996". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
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