Ballon d'Or

annual association football award
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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 (11,002 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 image is recorded as FigoBallond'Or2000 (cropped).jpg[10].
  • Ballon d'Or's instance of is recorded as sports award[11].
  • Ballon d'Or's subclass of is recorded as trophy[12].
  • Ballon d'Or's subclass of is recorded as recurring event[13].
  • Ballon d'Or's Commons category is recorded as Ballon d'Or[14].
  • +1956-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ballon d'Or[15].
  • Ballon d'Or's sport is recorded as association football[16].
  • Ballon d'Or's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/023jhh[17].
  • Ballon d'Or's official website is recorded as https://www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or/[18].
  • Ballon d'Or's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ballon d'Or[19].
  • Ballon d'Or's conferred by is recorded as France Football[20].
  • Ballon d'Or's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ballon d'Or Additional Awards[21].
  • Ballon d'Or's topic has template is recorded as Template:Ballon d'Or recipients[22].
  • Ballon d'Or's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Ballon d'Or"}[23].
  • Ballon d'Or's BBC Things ID is recorded as 06bc6d06-6302-4de6-91a6-0142c2aa00ee[24].
  • Ballon d'Or's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Ballon d'Or"}[25].
  • Ballon d'Or's different from is recorded as FIFA Ballon d'Or[26].
  • Ballon d'Or's different from is recorded as Guldbollen[27].

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Recognition

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 (11,002 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].

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

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  2. [54] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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