1992
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. On 22 November 2000, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football was announced.
Rankings Source: RankPlayerClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Rivaldo Barcelona 219 2 David Beckham Manchester United 154 3 Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv Milan 64 4 Gabriel Batistuta Fiorentina 48 5 Luís Figo Barcelona 38 6 Roy Keane Manchester United 36 7 Christian Vieri Lazio Internazionale 33 8 Juan Sebastián Verón Parma Lazio 30 9 Raúl Real Madrid 27 10 Lothar Matthäus Bayern Munich 16 11 Dwight Yorke Manchester United 14 12 Jaap Stam Manchester United 13 13 Siniša Mihajlović Lazio 12 14 Zlatko Zahovič Olympiacos 9 15 Pavel Nedvěd Lazio 8 16 Mário Jardel Porto 7 17 Peter Schmeichel Manchester United Sporting CP 6 18 Stefan Effenberg Bayern Munich 5 19 Zinedine Zidane Juventus 4 Oliver Bierhoff Milan 4 21 Mario Basler Bayern Munich Kaiserslautern 3 Ryan Giggs Manchester United 3 23 Hernán Crespo Parma 2 Nwankwo Kanu Arsenal 2 Ronaldo Internazionale 2 26 Andy Cole Manchester United 1 Edgar Davids Juventus 1 David Ginola Tottenham Hotspur 1 Claudio López Valencia 1 Roberto Carlos Real Madrid 1 Marcelo Salas Lazio 1
Additionally, 22 players were nominated but received no votes: Fabien Barthez (Monaco & France), Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal and Netherlands), Laurent Blanc (Marseille/Inter Milan & France), Gianluigi Buffon (Parma & Italy), Frank de Boer (Ajax/Barcelona & Netherlands), Marcel Desailly (Chelsea & France), Giovane Élber (Bayern Munich & Brazil), Pep Guardiola (Barcelona & Spain), Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus & Italy), Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona & Netherlands), Paolo Maldini (Milan & Italy), Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid & Spain), Hidetoshi Nakata (Perugia & Japan), Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal & France), Gus Poyet (Chelsea & Uruguay), Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv & Ukraine), Lilian Thuram (Parma & France), Sylvain Wiltord (Bordeaux & France) and Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea & Italy).
References
External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page