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Annual football award event in France Award
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
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The 1959 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 Alfredo Di Stéfano on 15 December 1959. It was the second time that Di Stéfano won the award.

Rankings

Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain Real Madrid  Spain 80
2 Raymond Kopa Spain Real Madrid
France Reims		  France 42
3 John Charles Italy Juventus  Wales 24
4 Luis Suárez Spain Barcelona  Spain 22
5 Agne Simonsson Sweden Örgryte IS  Sweden 20
6 Lajos Tichy Hungary Budapest Honvéd  Hungary 18
7 Ferenc Puskás Spain Real Madrid  Hungary 16
8 Francisco Gento Spain Real Madrid  Spain 12
9 Helmut Rahn West Germany Rot-Weiss Essen
West Germany 1. FC Köln		  West Germany 11
10 Horst Szymaniak West Germany Wuppertaler SV
West Germany Karlsruher SC		  West Germany 8
11 Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow  Soviet Union 7
12 Yuriy Voynov Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv  Soviet Union 5
13 Dezső Bundzsák Hungary Vasas  Hungary 4
Gyula Grosics Hungary Tatabánya  Hungary
Ivan Kolev Bulgaria CDNA Sofia  Bulgaria
Nils Liedholm Italy Milan  Sweden
17 Titus Buberník Czechoslovakia ČH Bratislava  Czechoslovakia 3
Just Fontaine France Reims  France
Georgi Naydenov Bulgaria CDNA Sofia  Bulgaria
20 Flórián Albert Hungary Ferencváros  Hungary 2
Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburger SV  West Germany
Joan Segarra Spain Barcelona  Spain
23 János Göröcs Hungary Újpest  Hungary 1
Ken Jones England Scunthorpe United  Wales
Roger Marche France RC Paris  France
Antoni Ramallets Spain Barcelona  Spain

Notes

  1. Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and went on to play for the Spain national team.

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 December 11, 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

External links

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