1959 Ballon d'Or

1959 Ballon d'Or
1959 Ballon d'Or winner Alfredo Di Stéfano
Date15 December 1959
LocationParis, France
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won bySpain Alfredo Di Stéfano (2nd award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1959 Ballon d'Or was the fourth Ballon d'Or awarded. It was given to the best footballer in Europe as chosen by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries. It was won by Real Madrid forward Alfredo Di Stéfano on 15 December 1959.[1] It was the second time that Di Stéfano won the award, as he had previously won in 1957.

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1Alfredo Di StéfanoSpain Real Madrid Spain[a]80
2Raymond KopaSpain Real Madrid
France Reims		 France42
3John CharlesItaly Juventus Wales24
4Luis SuárezSpain Barcelona Spain22
5Agne SimonssonSweden Örgryte IS Sweden20
6Lajos TichyHungary Budapest Honvéd Hungary18
7Ferenc PuskásSpain Real Madrid Hungary16
8Francisco GentoSpain Real Madrid Spain12
9Helmut RahnWest Germany Rot-Weiss Essen
West Germany 1. FC Köln		 West Germany11
10Horst SzymaniakWest Germany Wuppertaler SV
West Germany Karlsruher SC		 West Germany8
11Lev YashinSoviet Union Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union7
12Yuriy VoynovSoviet Union Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union5
13Dezső BundzsákHungary Vasas Hungary4
Gyula GrosicsHungary Tatabánya Hungary
Ivan KolevBulgaria CDNA Sofia Bulgaria
Nils LiedholmItaly Milan Sweden
17Titus BuberníkCzechoslovakia ČH Bratislava Czechoslovakia3
Just FontaineFrance Reims France
Georgi NaydenovBulgaria CDNA Sofia Bulgaria
20Flórián AlbertHungary Ferencváros Hungary2
Uwe SeelerWest Germany Hamburger SV West Germany
Joan SegarraSpain Barcelona Spain
23János GöröcsHungary Újpest Hungary1
Ken JonesEngland Scunthorpe United Wales
Roger MarcheFrance RC Paris France
Antoni RamalletsSpain Barcelona Spain

Notes

  1. ↑ Di Stéfano was born in Argentina, but gained Spanish citizenship in 1956, and later played for the Spanish national team.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pierrend, José (15 December 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1959". RSSSF.
  2. ↑ "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

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