1960 Ballon d'Or

1960 Ballon d'Or
1960 Ballon d'Or
	1960 Ballon d'Or winner Luis Suárez
Date	13 December 1960
Location	Paris, France
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	Luis Suárez (1st award)
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 1960 Ballon d'Or was the fifth 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 Barcelona midfielder Luis Suárez on 13 December 1960.^[1]

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Spain	54
2	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	Hungary	37
3	Uwe Seeler	Hamburger SV	West Germany	33
4	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	Spain^[a]	32
5	Lev Yashin	Dynamo Moscow	Soviet Union	28
6	Raymond Kopa	Reims	France	14
7	John Charles	Juventus	Wales	11
7	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	England	11
9	Omar Sívori	Juventus	Italy	9
9	Horst Szymaniak	Karlsruher SC	West Germany	9
11	Paco Gento	Real Madrid	Spain	8
12	Bora Kostić	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	7
13	Joseph Ujlaki	RC Paris	France	5
14	Kurt Hamrin	Fiorentina	Sweden	4
14	Bobby Smith	Tottenham Hotspur	England	4
16	Luis del Sol	Real Betis Real Madrid	Spain	3
	Jimmy Greaves	Chelsea	England
	Ivan Kolev	CDNA Sofia	Bulgaria
19	János Göröcs	Újpest	Hungary	2
	Károly Sándor	MTK Budapest	Hungary
	Dragoslav Šekularac	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia
	Agne Simonsson	Örgryte IS Real Madrid	Sweden
23	Antonio Angelillo	Internazionale	Italy	1
	Gerhard Hanappi	Rapid Wien	Austria
	Erich Hof	Wiener SC	Austria
	Blagoje Vidinić	Radnički Belgrade	Yugoslavia

Notes

↑ Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano gained Spanish citizenship in 1956, and would play for Spain's national team.^[2]

References

↑ Pierrend, José Luis (28 May 2009). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1960". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
↑ "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

Other websites

France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

[3] Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano gained Spanish citizenship in 1956, and would play for Spain's national team.^[2]

[1] Pierrend, José Luis (28 May 2009). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1960". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[2] "Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano". UEFA. 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

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