1959 Ballon d'Or

1959 Ballon d'Or
1959 Ballon d'Or
	1959 Ballon d'Or winner Alfredo Di Stefano
Date	15 December 1959
Location	Paris , France
Presented by	France Football
Highlights
Won by	Alfredo Di Stefano (2nd award)
Website	francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

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 Stefano on 15 December 1959. ^[1] It was the second time that Di Stefano won the award.

Rankings [ edit ]

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Alfredo Di Stefano	Real Madrid	Spain ^[a]	80
2	Raymond Kopa	Real Madrid Reims	France	42
3	John Charles	Juventus	Wales	24
4	Luis Suarez	Barcelona	Spain	22
5	Agne Simonsson	Orgryte IS	Sweden	20
6	Lajos Tichy	Budapest Honved	Hungary	18
7	Ferenc Puskas	Real Madrid	Hungary	16
8	Francisco Gento	Real Madrid	Spain	12
9	Helmut Rahn	Rot-Weiss Essen 1. FC Koln	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	Dezs? Bundzsak	Vasas	Hungary	4
	Gyula Grosics	Tatabanya	Hungary
	Ivan Kolev	CDNA Sofia	Bulgaria
	Nils Liedholm	Milan	Sweden
17	Titus Bubernik	?H Bratislava	Czechoslovakia	3
	Just Fontaine	Reims	France
	Georgi Naydenov	CDNA Sofia	Bulgaria
20	Florian Albert	Ferencvaros	Hungary	2
	Uwe Seeler	Hamburger SV	West Germany
	Joan Segarra	Barcelona	Spain
23	Janos Gorocs	Ujpest	Hungary	1
	Ken Jones	Scunthorpe United	Wales
	Roger Marche	RC Paris	France
	Antoni Ramallets	Barcelona	Spain

Notes [ edit ]

^ Despite being born in Argentina , Alfredo Di Stefano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and went on to play for the Spain national team . ^[2]

References [ edit ]

^ Pierrend, Jose (15 December 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1959" . RSSSF .
^ "Europe dazzled by Di Stefano" . UEFA . 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008 . Retrieved 6 December 2008 .

External links [ edit ]

France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

[3] Despite being born in Argentina , Alfredo Di Stefano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and went on to play for the Spain national team . ^[2]

[rsssf-1] Pierrend, Jose (15 December 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1959" . RSSSF .

[2] "Europe dazzled by Di Stefano" . UEFA . 22 November 2004. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008 . Retrieved 6 December 2008 .

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