Ballon d'Or

Summary

Ballon d'Or is a sports award^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of sports_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37,050 views/month, #1 of 536).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ballon d'Or won the Lev Yashin^[3].
• Ballon d'Or won the Cristiano Ronaldo^[4].
• Ballon d'Or won the Franz Beckenbauer^[5].
• Ballon d'Or won the Roberto Baggio^[6].
• Ballon d'Or won the Gerd Müller^[7].
• Ballon d'Or won the Josef Masopust^[8].
• Ballon d'Or is in the country of France^[9].
• Ballon d'Or's instance of is recorded as sports award^[10].
• Ballon d'Or is a type of trophy^[11].
• Ballon d'Or is a type of recurring event^[12].
• Ballon d'Or's Commons category is recorded as Ballon d'Or^[13].
• 1956 marks the founding of Ballon d'Or^[14].
• Ballon d'Or's sport is recorded as association football^[15].
• Ballon d'Or's official website is recorded as https://www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or/^[16].
• Ballon d'Or's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ballon d'Or^[17].
• Ballon d'Or's conferred by is recorded as France Football^[18].
• Ballon d'Or's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ballon d'Or Additional Awards^[19].
• Ballon d'Or's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ballon d'Or recipients^[20].
• Ballon d'Or's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Ballon d'Or"}^[21].
• Ballon d'Or's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Ballon d'Or"}^[22].
• Ballon d'Or's different from is recorded as FIFA Ballon d'Or^[23].
• Ballon d'Or's different from is recorded as Guldbollen^[24].
• Ballon d'Or's different from is recorded as The Best FIFA Football Awards^[25].
• Ballon d'Or's different from is recorded as Golden Ball^[26].
• Ballon d'Or's different from is recorded as Golden Globe Awards^[27].

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Reception

Wins include Lev Yashin^[3], an association football player^[28], 1929–1990^[29], of Soviet Union^[30], awarded the Order of Lenin^[31]; Cristiano Ronaldo^[4], an association football player^[32], b. 1985^[33], of Portugal^[34], awarded the Ballon d'Or^[35]; Franz Beckenbauer^[5], an association football player^[36], 1945–2024^[37], of West Germany^[38], awarded the German Footballer of the Year^[39], specialised in sport^[40]; Roberto Baggio^[6], an association football player^[41], b. 1967^[42], of Italy^[43], awarded the it^[44]; Gerd Müller^[7], an association football player^[45], 1945–2021^[46], of Germany^[47], awarded the German Footballer of the Year^[48]; and Josef Masopust^[8], an association football player^[49], 1931–2015^[50], of Czechoslovakia^[51], awarded the Czech Medal of Merit^[52], specialised in association football^[53].

Why It Matters

Ballon d'Or ranks in the top 0.19% of sports_award entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37,050 views/month, #1 of 536).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[54] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[55]

FAQs

What awards did Ballon d'Or receive?

Honors received include Lev Yashin^[3], Cristiano Ronaldo^[4], Franz Beckenbauer^[5], and Roberto Baggio^[6].