The 1982 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 Paolo Rossi on 28 December 1982.[1]

1982 Ballon d'Or
1982 Ballon d'Or winner Paolo Rossi
Date28 December 1982
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rossi was the third Italian national to win the award after Omar Sívori in 1961 and Gianni Rivera in 1969. Rossi was also the second Juventus player to win the trophy, after Sívori in 1961.[2]

Rankings

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Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Paolo Rossi   Juventus   Italy 115
2 Alain Giresse[notes 1]   Bordeaux   France 64
3 Zbigniew Boniek   Juventus   Poland 53
4 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge[notes 2]   Bayern Munich   West Germany 51
5 Bruno Conti   Roma   Italy 48
6 Rinat Dasayev   Spartak Moscow   Soviet Union 17
7 Pierre Littbarski   1. FC Köln   West Germany 10
8 Dino Zoff   Juventus   Italy 9
9 Michel Platini   Juventus   France 5
10 Bernd Schuster   Barcelona   West Germany 4
11 Giancarlo Antognoni   Fiorentina   Italy 3
12 Bruno Pezzey   Eintracht Frankfurt   Austria 2
Gaetano Scirea   Juventus   Italy 2
Eric Gerets   Standard Liège   Belgium 2
15 Paul Breitner   Bayern Munich   West Germany 1
Torbjörn Nilsson   IFK Göteborg   Sweden 1
Walter Schachner   Cesena   Austria 1
Marco Tardelli   Juventus   Italy 1
Marius Trésor   Bordeaux   France 1

Notes

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  1. ^ France Football reports Giresse with 68 points.
  2. ^ France Football reports Rummenigge with 47 points.

References

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  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (7 Apr 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1982". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
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