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1991 Ballon d'Or

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1991 Ballon d'Or
1991 Ballon d'Or winner Jean-Pierre Papin in 2012
Date24 December 1991
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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The 1991 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 Jean-Pierre Papin on 24 December 1991.[1]

Papin was the third French national to win the award after Raymond Kopa (1958) and Michel Platini (1983, 1984 and 1985). He was also the first player from the French League to win the trophy.[2]

Rankings

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Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Jean-Pierre Papin France Marseille  France 141
2 Dejan Savićević Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade  Yugoslavia 42
Darko Pančev Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade  Yugoslavia 42
Lothar Matthäus Italy Internazionale  Germany 42
5 Robert Prosinečki Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade
Spain Real Madrid
 Yugoslavia 34
6 Gary Lineker England Tottenham Hotspur  England 33
7 Gianluca Vialli Italy Sampdoria  Italy 18
8 Miodrag Belodedici Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Red Star Belgrade  Romania 15
9 Mark Hughes England Manchester United  Wales 12
10 Chris Waddle France Marseille  England 11
11 Michael Laudrup Spain Barcelona  Denmark 7
12 Rudi Völler Italy Roma  Germany 5
13 Txiki Begiristain Spain Barcelona  Spain 3
Stéphane Chapuisat Germany Borussia Dortmund   Switzerland 3
Bruno Martini France Auxerre  France 3
Paul McGrath England Aston Villa  Republic of Ireland 3
Dean Saunders England Derby County
England Liverpool
 Wales 3
Hristo Stoichkov Spain Barcelona  Bulgaria 3
19 Roberto Mancini Italy Sampdoria  Italy 2
Marco van Basten Italy Milan  Netherlands 2
21 Guido Buchwald Germany VfB Stuttgart  Germany 1
Thomas Doll Italy Lazio  Germany 1
Stefan Effenberg Germany Bayern Munich  Germany 1
Ruud Gullit Italy Milan  Netherlands 1
Gheorghe Hagi Spain Real Madrid  Romania 1
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Scotland Rangers  Soviet Union 1
Gary Pallister England Manchester United  England 1
Dimitris Saravakos Greece Panathinaikos  Greece 1
Gianluca Pagliuca Italy Sampdoria  Italy 1
Guy Hellers Belgium Standard Liège  Luxembourg 1
Laurent Blanc Italy Napoli  France 1

References

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  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis (18 December 2008). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1991". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 22 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
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