The Ballon d’Or is considered the largest and most prestigious individual award in football in the world. Currently, the magazine France Football Given annually, this award began to be given since 1956 (from 2010 to 2015 it was merged with FIFA before The Best was established).
A jury made up exclusively of specialized journalists from the main world sports publications decides the winners of the award.
Only in 2020 did it not have a winner due to the coronavirus, France Football decided not to present the award in that edition. In its beginnings, the award was aimed only at players of European nationality who played in Europe.
Starting in 1995, non-European footballers who played in any league in Europe also began to be considered. In 2007, all restrictions were lifted and any player from anywhere in the world can win the prize.
English Stanley Matthews He was the first player in history to receive the award. Ronaldo Nazário He was the first player not born in Europe to win it in 1997. Lionel Messi He is the highest winner of the award, receiving it eight times.
An impressive fact is that from 2008 to 2023 they have only won this award Lionel Messi and Real Madrid players, that is, of the last 16 deliveries, eight have been for the FC Barcelona youth squad and the other eight have gone to Real Madrid footballers.
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The first Real Madrid player to win the Ballon d’Or was Alfredo Di Stefano In 1956, he was also the winner of the special Ballon d’Or called the Super Ballon d’Or, awarded for the only time by the magazine France Football in 1989 to the best footballer of the last three decades.
The last merengue player to win it was Karim Benzema in 2022 and the one who has won it the most times wearing the white shirt is Cristiano Ronaldo with five. In total, there are eight Real Madrid players who have ever won a Ballon d’Or.
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