1959 Ballon d'Or

1959 Ballon d'Or
1959 Ballon d'Or winner Alfredo Di Stéfano
Date	15 December 1959
Location	Paris, France
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	Alfredo Di Stéfano (2nd award)
Website	francefootball.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.^[1] It was the second time that Di Stéfano won the award.

Rankings

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	Spain[a]	80
2	Raymond Kopa	Real Madrid Reims	France	42
3	John Charles	Juventus	Wales	24
4	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Spain	22
5	Agne Simonsson	Örgryte IS	Sweden	20
6	Lajos Tichy	Budapest Honvéd	Hungary	18
7	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	Hungary	16
8	Francisco Gento	Real Madrid	Spain	12
9	Helmut Rahn	Rot-Weiss Essen 1. FC Köln	West Germany	11
10	Horst Szymaniak	Wuppertaler SV Karlsruher SC	West Germany	8
11	Lev Yashin	Dynamo Moscow	Soviet Union	7
12	Yuriy Voynov	Dynamo Kyiv	Soviet Union	5
13	Dezső Bundzsák	Vasas	Hungary	4
	Gyula Grosics	Tatabánya	Hungary
	Ivan Kolev	CDNA Sofia	Bulgaria
	Nils Liedholm	Milan	Sweden
17	Titus Buberník	ČH Bratislava	Czechoslovakia	3
	Just Fontaine	Reims	France
	Georgi Naydenov	CDNA Sofia	Bulgaria
20	Flórián Albert	Ferencváros	Hungary	2
	Uwe Seeler	Hamburger SV	West Germany
	Joan Segarra	Barcelona	Spain
23	János Göröcs	Újpest	Hungary	1
	Ken Jones	Scunthorpe United	Wales
	Roger Marche	RC Paris	France
	Antoni Ramallets	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.^[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 December 11, 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.

External links

• France Football Official Ballon d'Or page