The 1989 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 Marco van Basten on 26 December 1989. There were 27 voters, from Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia. Van Basten was awarded to Ballon d'Or for the second time.
Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Marco van Basten Milan 119 2 Franco Baresi Milan 80 3 Frank Rijkaard Milan 43 4 Lothar Matthäus Internazionale 24 5 Peter Shilton Derby County 22 6 Dragan Stojković Red Star Belgrade 19 7 Ruud Gullit Milan 16 8 Gheorghe Hagi Steaua București 11 Jürgen Klinsmann Internazionale 11 10 Jean-Pierre Papin Marseille 10 Michel Preud'homme Mechelen 10 12 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Dynamo Kyiv 6 13 Míchel Real Madrid 5 14 Andreas Brehme Internazionale 3 Paulo Futre Atlético Madrid 3 Karl-Heinz Riedle Werder Bremen 3 17 John Barnes Liverpool 2 Packie Bonner Celtic 2 Glenn Hysén Liverpool 2 Oleh Kuznetsov Dynamo Kyiv 2 Andreas Möller Borussia Dortmund 2 Julio Salinas Barcelona 2 23 Thomas Häßler 1. FC Köln 1 Ronald Koeman Barcelona 1 Robby Langers Nice 1 Gary Lineker Tottenham Hotspur 1 Paolo Maldini Milan 1 Theo Snelders Aberdeen 1 Gianluca Vialli Sampdoria 1 Oleksandr Zavarov Juventus 1
Super Ballon D'Or France Football awarded Alfredo Di Stéfano with the Super Ballon d'Or as the Argentinian legend came out on top beating Johan Cruyff and Michel Platini in the vote. All the previous winners of the award since 1956 were considered eligible for the nomination.
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