Some of the winners of the Balloon of Gold along the history

AFTER THE PRIZE OF MODRIC

RANKING: Like this it remains the historical list of winners of the Balloon of Gold

Published:4/12/2018 - 00:37h

Updated:4/12/2018 - 01:07h

Luka Modric Has turned into the new Balloon of Gold, an award that him condecora like better player of the world until the edition of the next year. After the prize of the Croatian, it is necessary to throw a glimpse to how remains the historical list of winners

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Luka Modric Has erigido like winner of the Balloon of Gold for the first time this Monday 3 December, to his 33 years, and of this form has broken the hegemony of Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi, those who carried dominating all the editions of the prize during the last decade. The Argentinian and the Portuguese remain empatados to five Balloons of Gold each one, and Modric premières his pigeonhole in a prize that has won thanks to the subcampeonato in the World-wide of Russia with Croatia, and to the Champions League conquered with the Real Madrid.

Luka Modric Was chosen by more than a hundred of journalists of distinct parts of the world, just by in front of the winner of the past year, Cristiano Ronaldo, and of Antoine Griezmann that conquered titles like the Glass of the World, the Supercopa of Europe and the UEFA Europe League. 

With the prize for Luka Modric and as it is the current list of winners, fits to say that the FC Barcelona no longer commands in solitary in number of Balloons of Gold (11), since it has him empatado the Real Madrid (11) with the award of Modric, and behind remain other historical clubs like AC Milan and Juventus of Turín, that follow them with 8 in the podium.

To all this, the FC Barcelona still can add more Balloons of Gold in the case that the team achieve to heave with important titles like the UEFA Champions League, tournament for which this season 2018-19 is one of the big favourites under the control of Ernesto Valverde.

With Leo Messi in the team, and to his 31 years, the FC Barcelona will aspire to obtain more Balloons of Gold in the next years, although for this would help especially that the group culé was able to conquer the Champions League and break, of this form, with the hegemony of the Real Madrid when having won the three last editions consecutively.

For now, and shelving the individual prizes, is clear that Leo Messi and his will centre in the day in day out of the FC Barcelona, and in the collective field. Regarding Modric, of course will take some days in assimilating that it finish to go in in a group very selecto of players. A group in which they do not find legends like Xavi Hernández and Andrés Iniesta...

This is the list of winners of the Balloon of Gold:

  • 2018 Luka Modric, Cristiano Ronaldo, Antoine Griezmann
  • 2017 Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi, Neymar
  • 2016 Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi, Griezmann
  • 2015 Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar
  • 2014 Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi, Manuel Neuer
  • 2013 Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi, Franck Ribery
  • 2012 Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andrés Iniesta
  • 2011 Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi Hernández
  • 2010 Leo Messi, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández
  • 2009 Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Xavi Hernández
  • 2008 Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi, Fernando Torres
  • 2007 Kaká, Cristiano Ronaldo, Leo Messi
  • 2006 Fabio Cannavaro, Gianluigi Buffon, Thierry Henry
  • 2005 Ronaldinho, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard
  • 2004 Andriy Shevchenko, Deco, Ronaldinho
  • 2003 Pavel Nedved, Thierry Henry, Paolo Maldini
  • 2002 Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Oliver Kahn
  • 2001 Michael Owen, Raúl González, Oliver Kahn
  • 2000 Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Andriy Shevchenko
  • 1999 Rivaldo, David Beckham, Andriy Shevchenko
  • 1998 Zinedine Zidane, Davor Suker, Ronaldo
  • 1997 Ronaldo, Predrag Mijatovic, Zinedine Zidane
  • 1996 Mathias Sammer, Ronaldo, Alan Shearer
  • 1995 George Weah, Jurgen Klinsmann, Jari Litmanen
  • 1994 Hristo Stoichkov, Roberto Baggio, Paolo Maldini
  • 1993 Roberto Baggio, Dennis Bergkamp, Eric Cantona
  • 1992 Frame Go Suffice, Hristo Stoichkov, Dennis Bergkamp
  • 1991 Jean Pierre Papin, Leave Savicevic, Lothar Matthäus
  • 1990 Lothar Matthäus, Salvatore Schillaci, Andreas Brehme
  • 1989 Frame Go Suffice, Franco Baresi, Frank Rijkaard
  • 1988 Frame Go Suffice, Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard
  • 1987 Ruud Gullit, Paulo Futre, Emilio Butragueño
  • 1986 Igor Belanov, Gary Lineker, Emilio Butragueño
  • 1985 Michel Platini Preben Elkjaer Bernd Schuster
  • 1984 Michel Platini, Jean Tigana, Preben Elkjaer
  • 1983 Michel Platini, Kenny Dalglish, Allan Simonsen
  • 1982 Paolo Rossi, Alain Giresse, Zbigniew Boniek
  • 1981 Karl Heinz Rummenigge, Paul Breitner, Bernd Schuster
  • 1980 Karl Heinz Rummenigge, Bernd Schuster, Michel Platini
  • 1979 Kevin Keegan, Karl Heinz Rummenigge, Ruud Krol
  • 1978 Kevin Keegan, Hans Krankl, Rob Rensenbrink
  • 1977 Allan Simonsen, Kevin Keegan, Michel Platini
  • 1976 Franz Beckenbauer, Rob Rensenbrink, Ivo Viktor
  • 1975 Oleg Blojin, Franz Beckenbauer, Johan Cruyff
  • 1974 Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Kazimierz Deyna
  • 1973 Johan Cruyff, Dino Zoff, Gerd Müller
  • 1972 Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Günter Netzer
  • 1971 Johan Cruyff, Sandro Mazzola, George Best
  • 1970 Gerd Müller, Bobby Moore, Luigi Riva
  • 1969 Gianni Rivera, Luigi Riva, Gerd Müller
  • 1968 George Best, Bobby Charlton
  • 1967 Florian Albert, Booby Charlton, Jimmy Johnstone
  • 1966 Bobby Charlton, Eusebio, Franz Beckenbauer
  • 1965 Eusebio, Giacinto Facchetti, Luis Suárez
  • 1964 Denis Law, Luis Suárez, Amancio
  • 1963 Lev Yashin, Gianni Rivera, Jimmy Greaves
  • 1962 Josef Masopust, Eusebio, Karl Heinz Schnellinger
  • 1961 Omar Sívori, Luis Suárez, Johnny Haynes
  • 1960 Luis Suárez, Ferenc Puskas, Uwe Seeler
  • 1959 Alfredo Gave Stéfano, Raymond Kopa, John Charles
  • 1958 Raymond Kopa, Helmut Rahn, Just Fontaine
  • 1957 Alfredo Gave Stéfano, Billy Wright, Raymond Kopa
  • 1956 Stanley Matthews, Alfredo Gave Stéfano, Raymond Kopa

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