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01.12.2009 10:48

The list of champions

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Since the award was created in 1956, some 42 players have had the honour of being named as the best player in the world. Here is the complete list.

1956 Stanley Matthews
1957 Alfredo Di Stefano
1958 Raymond Kopa
1959 Alfredo Di Stefano
1960 Luis Suárez
1961 Omar Sivori
1962 Josef Masopust
1963 Lev Yachin
1964 Denis Law
1965 Eusebio
1966 Bobby Charlton
1967 Flórián Albert
1968 George Best
1969 Giovanni Rivera
1970 Gerhard Müller
1971 Johan Cruyff
1972 Franz Beckenbauer
1973 Johan Cruyff
1974 Johan Cruyff
1975 Oleg Blokhine
1976 Franz Beckenbauer
1977 Allan Simonsen
1978 Kevin Keegan
1979 Kevin Keegan
1980 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1982 Paolo Rossi
1983 Michel Platini
1984 Michel Platini
1985 Michel Platini
1986 Igor Belanov
1987 Ruud Gullit
1988 Marco van Basten
1989 Marco van Basten
1990 Lothar Matthäus
1991 Jean-Pierre Papin
1992 Marco van Basten
1993 Roberto Baggio
1994 Hristo Stoichkov
1995 George Weah
1996 Matthias Sammer
1997 Ronaldo
1998 Zinedine Zidane
1999 Rivaldo
2000 Luis Figo
2001 Michael Owen
2002 Ronaldo
2003 Pavel Nedved
2004 Andrii Shevchenko
2005 Ronaldinho
2006 Fabio Cannavaro
2007 Kaká
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo
2009 Leo Messi

*In bold type the names of the players that played for Barça that season