European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1999


The results of this voting were published on France Football # 2802 (21 December 1999).

There were 51 voters, from Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales and Yugoslavia.

The columns are:
   Position
   Name of Player
   Name of Club
   Nationality
   Total Number of Points
   1P = First Places
   2P = Second Places
   3P = Third Places
   4P = Fourth Places
   5P = Fifth Places
   Votes = Number of Voters who nominated this player

Pos  Player                            Country            Club                Total    1P 2P 3P 4P 5P Votes
===========================================================================================================
  1. Vitor Barbosa Ferreira "Rivaldo"  Brazil             FC Barcelona          219    31 14  2  1  -    48
  2. David Beckham                     England            Manchester United     154    14 12  8  5  2    41
  3. Andriy Shevchenko                 Ukraine            Milan AC               64     -  7  6  4 10    27
  4. Gabriel Batistuta                 Argentina          Fiorentina             48     -  4  6  4  6    20
  5. Luis Figo                         Portugal           FC Barcelona           38     1  4  2  4  3    14
  6. Roy Keane                         Ireland            Manchester United      36     1  3  5  1  2    12
  7. Christian Vieri                   Italy              Internazionale         33     -  1  7  4  -    12
  8. Juan Sebastián Verón              Argentina          Lazio Roma             30     -  1  2 10  -    13
  9. Raúl González                     Spain              Real Madrid            27     -  1  3  5  4    13
 10. Lothar Matthäus                   Germany            Bayern Munich          16     -  1  1  2  5     9
 11. Dwight Yorke                      Trinidad/Tobago    Manchester United      14     1  -  -  4  1     6
 12. Jaap Stam                         Netherlands        Manchester United      13     1  -  2  -  2     5
 13. Sinisa Mihajlovic                 Yugoslavia         Lazio Roma             12     -  1  2  1  -     4
 14. Zlatko Zahovic                    Slovenia           Olympiakos              9     1  -  -  2  -     3
 15. Pavel Nedved                      Czech Republic     Lazio Roma              8     1  -  -  1  1     3
 16. Mario Jardel                      Brazil             FC Porto                7     -  1  -  -  3     4
 17. Peter Schmeichel                  Denmark            Sporting Lisboa         6     -  -  1  -  3     4
 18. Stefan Effenberg                  Germany            Bayern Munich           5     -  1  -  -  1     2
 19. Oliver Bierhoff                   Germany            Milan AC                4     -  -  1  -  1     2
     Zinedine Zidane                   France             Juventus                4     -  -  1  -  1     2
 21. Mario Basler                      Germany            Bayern Munich           3     -  -  1  -  -     1
     Ryan Giggs                        Wales              Manchester United       3     -  -  1  -  -     1
 23. Hernán Crespo                     Argentina          Parma                   2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Nwankwo Kanu                      Nigeria            Arsenal                 2     -  -  -  1  -     1
     Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima      Brazil             Internazionale          2     -  -  -  1  -     1
 26. Andy Cole                         England            Manchester United       1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Edgar Davids                      Netherlands        Juventus                1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     David Ginola                      France             Tottenham               1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Claudio López                     Argentina          Valencia CF             1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Roberto Carlos da Silva           Brazil             Real Madrid             1     -  -  -  -  1     1
     Marcelo Salas                     Chile              Lazio Roma              1     -  -  -  -  1     1
 
Eligible players who did not receive any votes: 
Fabien Barthez (Fra), Dennis Bergkamp (Ned), Laurent Blanc (Fra), Gianluigi Buffon (Ita), 
Frank de Boer (Ned), Marcel Desailly (Fra), Giovane Élber (Bra), Josep Guardiola (Spa), 
Filippo Inzaghi (Ita), Patrick Kluivert (Ned), Paolo Maldini (Ita), Fernando Morientes (Spa), 
Hidetoshi Nakata (Jap), Emmanuel Petit (Fra), Gustavo Poyet (Uru), Olexandr Shovkovskyi (Ukr), 
Lilian Thuram (Fra), Sylvain Wiltord (Fra) and Gianfranco Zola (Ita)
 

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