List of FIFA Golden Ball winners (the FIFA player of the year award combined with the France Football magazine Golden Ball award from 2010):
2010-Lionel Messi, Argentina
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Previous winners of the FIFA player of the year award:
1991-Lothar Matthaeus, Germany
1992-Marco Van Basten, Netherlands
1993-Roberto Baggio, Italy
1994-Romario, Brazil
1995-George Weah, Liberia
1996-Ronaldo, Brazil
1997-Ronaldo, Brazil
1998-Zinedine Zidane, France
1999-Rivaldo, Brazil
2000-Zinedine Zidane, France
2001-Luis Figo, Portugal
2002-Ronaldo, Brazil
2003-Zinedine Zidane, France
2004-Ronaldinho, Brazil
2005-Ronaldinho, Brazil
2006-Fabio Cannavaro, Italy
2007-Kaka, Brazil
2008-Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal
2009-Lionel Messi, Argentina
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Previous winners of the Golden Ball, awarded to the European player of the year by France Football magazine:
1956-Stanley Matthews, Blackpool
1957-Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid
1958-Raymond Kopa, Real Madrid
1959-Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid
1960-Luis Suarez, Barcelona
1961-Omar Sivori, Juventus
1962-Josef Masopust, Dukla Prague
1963-Lev Yashin, Dynamo Moscow
1964-Denis Law, Manchester United
1965-Eusebio, Benfica
1966-Bobby Charlton, Manchester United
1967-Florian Albert, Ferencvaros
1968-George Best, Manchester United
1969-Gianni Rivera, AC Milan
1970-Gerd Muller, Bayern Munich
1971-Johan Cruyff, Ajax
1972-Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern Munich
1973-Johan Cruyff, Barcelona
1974-Johan Cruyff, Barcelona
1975-Oleg Blokhin, Dynamo Kiev
1976-Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern Munich
1977-Allan Simonsen, Borussia Moenchengladbach
1978-Kevin Keegan, Hamburg SV
1979-Kevin Keegan, Hamburg SV
1980-Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich
1981-Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich
1982-Paolo Rossi, Juventus
1983-Michel Platini, Juventus
1984-Michel Platini, Juventus
1985-Michel Platini, Juventus
1986-Igor Belanov, Dynamo Kiev
1987-Ruud Gullit, AC Milan
1988-Marco van Basten, AC Milan
1989-Marco van Basten, AC Milan
1990-Lothar Matthaeus, Inter Milan
1991-Jean-Pierre Papin, Marseille
1992-Marco van Basten, AC Milan
1993-Roberto Baggio, Juventus
1994-Hristo Stoichkov, Barcelona
1995-George Weah, AC Milan
1996-Matthias Sammer, Borussia Dortmund
1997-Ronaldo, Inter Milan
1998-Zinedine Zidane, Juventus
1999-Rivaldo, Barcelona
2000-Luis Figo, Real Madrid
2001-Michael Owen, Liverpool
2002-Ronaldo, Real Madrid
2003-Pavel Nedved, Juventus
2004-Andriy Shevchenko, AC Milan
2005-Ronaldinho, Barcelona
2006-Fabio Cannavaro, Juventus-Real Madrid
2007-Kaka, AC Milan
2008-Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United
2009-Lionel Messi, Barcelona
