1998 Ballon d'Or

The 1998 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Zinedine Zidane on 22 December 1998.[1]

1998 Ballon d'Or winner Zinedine Zidane

Rankings
Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Zinedine ZidaneItaly Juventus France244
2Davor ŠukerSpain Real Madrid Croatia201
3RonaldoItaly Internazionale Brazil66
4Michael OwenEngland Liverpool England51
5RivaldoSpain Barcelona Brazil45
6Gabriel BatistutaItaly Fiorentina Argentina43
7Lilian ThuramItaly Parma France36
8Edgar DavidsItaly Juventus Netherlands28
Dennis BergkampEngland Arsenal Netherlands28
10Marcel DesaillyEngland Chelsea France19
11Frank de BoerNetherlands Ajax Netherlands17
12Emmanuel PetitEngland Arsenal France16
13Roberto CarlosSpain Real Madrid Brazil13
14Laurent BlancFrance Marseille France11
Fabien BarthezFrance Monaco France11
16Alessandro Del PieroItaly Juventus Italy10
Predrag MijatovićSpain Real Madrid Yugoslavia10
18Didier DeschampsItaly Juventus France9
Oliver BierhoffItaly Milan Germany9
20Michael LaudrupNetherlands Ajax Denmark6
21Ronald de BoerNetherlands Ajax Netherlands4
RaúlSpain Real Madrid Spain4
23Brian LaudrupEngland Chelsea Denmark3
Clarence SeedorfSpain Real Madrid Netherlands3
Marc OvermarsEngland Arsenal Netherlands3
26Christian VieriItaly Lazio Italy2
Fernando HierroSpain Real Madrid Spain2
28David BeckhamEngland Manchester United England1
Luis EnriqueSpain Barcelona Spain1
Bixente LizarazuGermany Bayern Munich France1
Nikos MachlasNetherlands Vitesse Greece1

Additionally, nineteen players were nominated but received no votes: Tony Adams, Roberto Baggio, Zvonimir Boban, Fabio Cannavaro, Denílson, Tore André Flo, Adrian Ilie, Filippo Inzaghi, Robert Jarni, Hidetoshi Nakata, Pavel Nedvěd, Sunday Oliseh, Ariel Ortega, Gianluca Pagliuca, Marcelo Salas, David Seaman, Andriy Shevchenko, Juan Sebastián Verón and Iván Zamorano.

References
  1. Pierrend, José Luis (26 March 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1998". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
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