Ballon d'Or 1995

1995 Ballon d'Or

Dates	1995

The 1995 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 George Weah on 24 December 1995. It was the first edition of this award where players born outside Europe were allowed to receive votes.

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club	Nationality	Points
1	George Weah	AC Milan	Liberia	144
2	Jürgen Klinsmann	Bayern Munich	Germany	108
3	Jari Litmanen	Ajax	Finland	67
4	Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	Italy	57
5	Patrick Kluivert	Ajax	Netherlands	47
6	Gianfranco Zola	Parma	Italy	41
7	Paolo Maldini	Milan	Italy	36
8	Marc Overmars	Ajax	Netherlands	33
9	Matthias Sammer	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	18
10	Michael Laudrup	Real Madrid	Denmark	17
11	Marcel Desailly	Milan	France	16
12	Frank Rijkaard	Ajax	Netherlands	15
	Fabrizio Ravanelli	Juventus	Italy	15
14	Paulo Sousa	Juventus	Portugal	14
	Hristo Stoichkov	Parma	Bulgaria	14
16	Dejan Savićević	Milan	Yugoslavia	12
17	Davor Šuker	Sevilla	Croatia	10
18	Fernando Hierro	Real Madrid	Spain	9
19	Gianluca Vialli	Juventus	Italy	8
20	Gabriel Batistuta	Fiorentina	Argentina	7
21	Franco Baresi	Milan	Italy	6
	Finidi George	Ajax	Nigeria	6
23	Roberto Baggio	Juventus	Italy	5
	Anthony Yeboah	Leeds	Ghana	5
	Zvonimir Boban	Milan	Croatia	5
26	Ronaldo	PSV Eindhoven	Brazil	4
27	Juan Esnáider	Real Madrid	Argentina	3
	Iván Zamorano	Real Madrid	Chile	3
	Andreas Möller	Borussia Dortmund	Germany	3
30	Vítor Baía	Porto	Portugal	2
	Bebeto	Deportivo de La Coruña	Brazil	2
32	Zinedine Zidane	Juventus	France	1
	Luís Figo	Barcelona	Portugal	1
	Ian Wright	Arsenal	England	1

Additionally, 16 players were nominated but received no votes: Daniel Amokachi, Dino Baggio, Abel Balbo, Mario Basler, Júlio César da Silva, Didier Deschamps, Donato Gama, Stefan Effenberg, Vincent Guérin, Christian Karembeu, Bernard Lama, Japhet N'Doram, Jay-Jay Okocha, Fernando Redondo, Peter Schmeichel and Clarence Seedorf.

External links

• France Football Official Ballon d'Or page