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A member of the England team who won the World Cup and Ballon d ' Or for European Footballer of the Year in 1966, he played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts and passing abilities from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot.
More players have won the coveted Ballon d ' Or award while playing at a Serie A club than any other league in the world.
Dalglish won the Ballon d ' Or Silver Award in 1983, the PFA Player of the Year in 1983, and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1979 and 1983.
Widely regarded as one of the finest footballers of all time ( 4th in the FIFA internet poll ; member of the FIFA World Cup Dream Team ), Baggio won both the Ballon d ' Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year in 1993.
Van Basten was voted eighth in a poll organised by the French weekly magazine France Football consulting their former Ballon d ' Or winners to elect the Football Player of the Century.
In 1988 – 89, Van Basten won the Ballon d ' Or as Europe's top footballer.
Again they would face Italian opposition, Juventus, who had won the Cup Winners ' Cup the previous season and had a team comprising many of Italy's 1982 World Cup winning team, and Michel Platini of France, winner of the Ballon d ' Or ( awarded to European footballer of the year ) in 1983, 1984 and 1985.
But he would bounce back to win the Ballon d ' Or the following year and to lead the Soviet team to its best showing at the 1966 World Cup, a fourth place finish.
Zidane was voted as FIFA World Player of the Year on three occasions ( 1998, 2000 and 2003 ), a feat matched only by his former Real Madrid team mate Ronaldo, and also won the Ballon d ' Or in 1998.
AS Nancy-Lorraine's Hall of Fame includes triple-Ballon d ' Or and Uefa President Michel Platini, Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger, 1998 World Champion Aimé Jacquet, 2000 European Champion Roger Lemerre, 1998 African Ballon d ' Or Mustapha Hadji, Irish legend Tony Cascarino, 1986 European Cup winner Sacha Zavarov and 1958 World Cup Semi-finalist Roger Piantoni.
The source of the Moselle is at the western slope of the Ballon d ' Alsace in the Vosges mountains.
* 1957 Ballon d ' Or 1957 Runner-up
In 2001, Liverpool won a cup treble of the UEFA Cup, FA Cup and Football League Cup, and Owen was the recipient of the Ballon d ' Or.
Platini holding aloft the Ballon d ' Or in Juventus colours.
The highest points are located in the Hautes Vosges: the Grand Ballon in ancient times called Ballon de Guebwiller or Ballon de Murbach rises to 1424 m ( 4, 670 ft ), the Storckenkopf to 1366 m ( 4, 481 ft ), the Hohneck to 1364 m ( 4, 475 ft ), and the Ballon d ' Alsace to 1247 m ( 4, 091 ft ).
The demarcation line stretched from the Ballon d ' Alsace to Mont Donon with the lands east of it being incorporated into Germany as part of Alsace-Lorraine.
Matthias Sammer won the Ballon d ' Or in 1996 for his performances for Germany and Borussia Dortmund.
In the west, on the other side of the Upper Rhine Graben you can see the entire Vosges Mountains from the Ballon d ' Alsace up to Mont Donon and Mont Sainte-Odile.
In 1999, Rivaldo was honoured as FIFA World Player of the Year, Ballon d ' Or winner and European Footballer of the Year.
She dominated the 1908 to 1910 winter sports seasons at Chamonix, Gérardmer, and Ballon d ' Alsace, where she achieved first place on more than 20 occasions.
" Mister George " is also the first and last PSG player to won the Ballon d ' Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year.

Ballon and Or
Sepp Blatter holds up the agreement creating the FIFA Ballon d ' Or in Johannesburg in July 2010
In 2010, the FIFA World Player of the Year and France Footballs Ballon d ' Or award were merged and the world's best player has since been awarded the FIFA Ballon d ' Or each year.
With seven awards each, Dutch and German players won the Ballon d ' Or the most.
The final recipient of the Ballon d ' Or was Lionel Messi, the third Argentine to win the award, but the first as an Argentine citizen.
The Ballon d ' Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year award were merged in 2010 and the world's best player has since been awarded the FIFA Ballon d ' Or each year.

Ballon and French
Bart's French gift to Maggie is a reference to Le Ballon Rouge, a short French children's film.
Unbeknownst to Seth and the Ministry, the French consul Ballon plans a coup d ' état.
Subsequently, he was voted the best player in the French first division, and was also awarded the ' Oscar of football ' by fellow players and coaches, and was named one of the 50 players shortlisted for the 2002 European Footballer of the Year award ( Ballon d ' Or ), with only another player from the French League in the list.
* Ballon, the French word for Balloon and, by analogy, other spheric objects
Claude Balon ( also Ballon, often incorrectly named Jean ) ( 1671 – 1744 ) was a French dancer and choreographer.

Ballon and for
While the west part of the Vosges is flat sedimentary land ( well suited for mineral waters ), the east is dominated by the Vosges Mountain range ( including the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Reserve ) of which the Grand Ballon at 1424m is the highest peak.
Financing for the organization was provided by venture capitalist William Ballon, a WWII combat veteran from the Army Air Corps.
He also won the Intercontinental Cup against Grêmio in 1995, and came third in the voting for the Ballon d ' Or ( European Footballer of the Year ), having finished eighth the previous year.
Due to their win of the 1962 scudetto, AC Milan qualified for the European Cup in 1962, a European Cup which they finally won, beating Benfica 2 – 1 in the final with Rivera in great form as he was awarded second place in the famous Ballon d ' Or award, which was won by the Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin.
He finished as the runner-up to Kaká for the 2007 Ballon d ' Or, and was third in the running for the FIFA World Player of the Year award, behind Kaká and Lionel Messi.
He was one of the three finalists for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d ' Or.
He finished as runner-up to Ronaldinho for both the Ballon d ' Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards.
* Ballon d ' Or 10th place in 1996 ( The highest ranking for Czech player until Pavel Nedvěd won Ballon d ´ Or in 2003 season )
Subsequently, his great performances merited the UEFA Club Best Defender of the Year award, voted into the UEFA Team of the Year, and was named one of the 50 players shortlisted for the European Footballer of the Year ( Ballon d ' Or ), finishing ninth in the voting, being the only defender in top ten.
On 26 October 2010, Sneijder was shortlisted for the 2010 FIFA Ballon d ' Or
Their best finish in Serie A came in the 2000 – 01 season in seventh place, when, led by the 1993 Ballon d ' Or winner Roberto Baggio, the club qualified for the Intertoto Cup.
He was also the player with the second most assists, behind Guti, and the only Madrid player, along with goalkeeper Iker Casillas, to finish in the top ten of the Ballon d ' Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations for 2007 – 08.
The race set off for Belfort and again Faber broke clear going over the Ballon d ' Alsace and, after leading alone for 110 km, he finished covered in mud with his main challenger, Gustave Garrigou, 33 minutes behind.
Mendez's reputation was enhanced when he was among 50 players nominated for the Ballon d ' Or-award for the best players in Europe.
Nicknamed El Arquitecto ( The Architect ) he was noted for his perceptive passing and explosive shot and in 1960 he became the first Spanish-born player to be voted Ballon d ' Or.

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