The 1999 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 Rivaldo on 21 December 1999.[1]

1999 Ballon d'Or
1999 Ballon d'Or winner Rivaldo in 2014
Date21 December 1999
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rankings edit

Rank Player Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Rivaldo   Barcelona   Brazil 219
2 David Beckham   Manchester United   England 154
3 Andriy Shevchenko   Milan   Ukraine 64
4 Gabriel Batistuta   Fiorentina   Argentina 48
5 Luís Figo   Barcelona   Portugal 38
6 Roy Keane   Manchester United   Republic of Ireland 36
7 Christian Vieri   Lazio   Italy 33
8 Juan Sebastián Verón   Lazio   Argentina 30
9 Raúl   Real Madrid   Spain 27
10 Lothar Matthäus   Bayern Munich   Germany 16
11 Dwight Yorke   Manchester United   Trinidad and Tobago 14
12 Jaap Stam   Manchester United   Netherlands 13
13 Siniša Mihajlović   Lazio   FR Yugoslavia 12
14 Zlatko Zahovič   Olympiacos   Slovenia 9
15 Pavel Nedvěd   Lazio   Czech Republic 8
16 Mário Jardel   Porto   Brazil 7
17 Peter Schmeichel   Manchester United   Denmark 6
18 Stefan Effenberg   Bayern Munich   Germany 5
19 Zinedine Zidane   Juventus   France 4
Oliver Bierhoff   Milan   Germany 4
21 Mario Basler   Bayern Munich   Germany 3
Ryan Giggs   Manchester United   Wales 3
23 Hernán Crespo   Parma   Argentina 2
Nwankwo Kanu   Arsenal   Nigeria 2
Ronaldo   Internazionale   Brazil 2
26 Andy Cole   Manchester United   England 1
Edgar Davids   Juventus   Netherlands 1
David Ginola   Tottenham Hotspur   France 1
Claudio López   Valencia   Argentina 1
Roberto Carlos   Real Madrid   Brazil 1
Marcelo Salas   Lazio   Chile 1

Additionally, 22 players were nominated but received no votes: Fabien Barthez, Dennis Bergkamp, Laurent Blanc, Gianluigi Buffon, Frank de Boer, Marcel Desailly, Giovane Élber, Pep Guardiola, Filippo Inzaghi, Patrick Kluivert, Paolo Maldini, Fernando Morientes, Hidetoshi Nakata, Emmanuel Petit, Gus Poyet, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, Lilian Thuram, Sylvain Wiltord and Gianfranco Zola.

References edit

  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1999". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

External links edit