Rodri won this year’s Ballon d’Or after an exceptional 2024 for Manchester City and Spain, becoming only the third player not ...

So, as we approach the end of the first 25 years of the new millennium, GOAL has taken a look back at every Ballon d'Or awarded in the 21st century so far to rank them in terms of brilliance.

In 1998, Zinedine Zidane led France to conquer the World Cup and, consequently, won the Ballon d’Or that year. Subsequently, in 2002 the same thing happened with Ronaldo Nazario and in 2006, with ...

When is the Ballon d'Or? Who will win the Ballon d'Or 2025? Here's the current list of contenders, top 20 rankings list, and what dates to know.

Zidane first brought Mbappe to Madrid in 2012 ... takes him closer to winning the UEFA Champions League and the Ballon d’Or, he replied: “There is no better place than Madrid to win titles.

4. Ronaldo was pitted against Zinedine Zidane on the 2004 Ballon d'Or shortlist, who later ended up coaching the Portuguese star at Real Madrid. Andrea Pirlo was also included on the 2004 longlist ...

Zinedine Zidane’s first — and ... by some at least, the Golden Ballon d’Or. “Cristiano Ronaldo has only one ambition, and that is to retire with more Ballons d’Or than Messi,” France ...

Created by France Football magazine, the Ballon d'Or was first awarded to England ... Franz Beckenbauer, Ronaldo and Zinédine Zidane have all won it in the past.

Messi and Ronaldo have undeniably made the Ballon d’Or matter. Or, at least ... having the same immediate thought about Zinedine Zidane as he was winning the 1998 World Cup with France, but ...

Karim Benzema has won the men’s Ballon d’Or, becoming just the second player outside of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to be ... the prize since Zinedine Zidane in 1998.