Ten goals in 27 league games was a decent haul – matching the likes of Milan legend Gianni Rivera that term ... major honours and secure the Ballon d’Or. However, despite the brevity ...

7. Gianni Rivera A midfielder of exceptional quality in his prime, Gianni Rivera was one of the greats of the 60s and 70s. The playmaker won the 1969 Ballon d'Or, a year in which he also took home his ...

In an award dominated by forwards and goalscoring midfielders, Karl-Heinz Schnellinger's feat of finishing third in the 1962 Ballon d'Or is all the ... Schnellinger's Milan teammate, Gianni ...

Brazilian superstar Neymar recently explained why he hasn't won the Ballon d'Or despite being one of the best players of his generation. The closest Neymar has come to winning the coveted award ...

Anna Csiki has won the first-ever Women’s Hungarian Ballon d’Or. Presented by Hungary's oldest online football website NB1.hu and chosen by a panel of leading editors, the midfielder was named the ...

A legend of the game who was robbed of the Ballon d'Or has taken up a completely new career since hanging up his boots last year. Andres Iniesta is widely regarded as one of the greatest ...

Former Scotland, Manchester United and Manchester City striker Denis Law – the only Scottish player to have won the Ballon d'Or – has died at the age of 84. Born in Aberdeen, Law, who was ...

Lionel Messi's father Jorge Messi once reponded to backlash over his son winning the Ballon d'Or ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo. The incident occured after La Pulga had clinched the coveted award for ...