FIFA Ballon d’Or – Winners – A list you need to know

2022 Award

Many people who visit this website are trying to find the FIFA Player of the Year results, which were combined with the Ballon d’Or between 2015 and 2009 to form the FIFA Ballon d’Or. Looking at the previous winners is always interesting because it’s one of the most coveted trophies in the world, throughout all sports. The winners of every Ballon d’Or award, from the first one given out in 1956 to the most recent, are listed below.

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In August, the 30 candidates for the Ballon d’Or in 2022 were revealed. Lionel Messi, a seven-time champion, did not cut (for the first time since 2005), but Ronaldo did. On October 17, a ceremony at Paris’ Theatre du Chatelet announced the winners. My favorite Karim Benzema of Real Madrid was the victor. Every year, the Football of France magazine bestows the Ballon d’Or award on the world’s best footballer who stood out from the crowd and excelled during the preceding year.

In 1956, the first of them was distributed. Karim Benzema of Real Madrid was the most recent winner in 2022. Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d’Or in the men’s category five times, while Lionel Messi has won the trophy seven times in total.

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Journalist Gabriel Hanot, the former France footballer, is credited with creating the Ballon d’Or award. He is also credited with creating and co-founding the European Cup and Ligue 1 championship in France, which are now known as the UEFA Champions League, alongside L’Equipe colleague Jacques Ferran.

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This is because it was exclusively open to players from European teams when it was first established in 1956; the Ballon d’Or award was once regarded as the Footballer of the Year honor. But after George Weah of AC Milan became the inaugural non-European Ballon d’Or winner in 1995, the criteria for Ballon d’Or winners changed. Brazil’s Ronaldo became the first player from South America to win the Ballon d’Or two years later, in 1997.

The Ballon d’Or award has opened up its eligibility to players from every continent starting in 2007. Between 2015 and 2010, the Football of France magazine and FIFA collaborated to create the FIFA Ballon d’Or, which combined the Ballon d’Or and World Player of the Year awards. The Ballon d’Or Feminin award, presented annually to the world’s finest female football player, was first presented by Football France magazine in 2018. The only time the Ballon d’Or has been postponed since it began in 1956 was in 2020 because of the COVID-19 epidemic.

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Who received the inaugural Ballon d’Or?

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In 1956, Stanley Matthews took home the inaugural Ballon d’Or trophy. The 1953 FA Cup final between Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers included a remarkable come-from-behind 4-3 triumph for Blackpool thanks to Matthews, who was renowned for his superb close control, field smarts, and great dribbling skills. The match eventually earned the moniker “Matthew’s Final.” Along the way to winning the first Ballon d’Or, he also placed second with Blackpool in the English top division during the 1955–56 campaign.

Who received the inaugural Ballon d’Or?

Ada Hegerberg of Norway is the inaugural recipient of the Ballon d’Or Feminin prize, which was established in 2018. Hegerberg, who was 23 at the time, finished with 31 goals for Lyonnais Olympique in the 2017–18 Division 1 Feminine and the UEFA Women’s Champions League (15 goals).

Who has the most Ballon d’Or victories?

With seven victories, two more than their opponent Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi holds the record for the most Ballon d’Or honors in history. The captain of Argentina became the first player to win the FIFA Ballon d’Or and went on to win four straight Ballon d’Or honors between 2009 and 2012.

Conclusion

The legendary Barcelona player, who is now a member of Paris Saint-Germain, won a remarkable seventh Ballon d’Or in 2021 while helping Argentina win the Copa America. He also helped the Catalan giants win the Copa Del Rey in 2020–21.