Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or is an annual association football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player judged to have performed the best over the previous season.
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The Ballon d'Or is a yearly award given to the soccer player considered to have had the best performance over the past season, presented by the French magazine France Football since 1956. It's one of the most prestigious individual honors in soccer and is widely watched by fans and the media as a mark of a player's excellence and status in the sport.
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- Official name
- Ballon d'Or
- Official website
- www.francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
- Image
- FigoBallond'Or2000 (cropped).jpg
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- hashtag
- BallondOr
- Commons category
- Ballon d'Or
- inception
- 1956-00-00
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- Ballon d'Or
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The Ballon d'Or ( French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] ; lit. 'Golden Ball') is an annual association football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player judged to have performed the best over the previous season.
Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, the Ballon d'Or was based exclusively on voting by football journalists up until 2006. Originally, it was awarded only to players from Europe and was also known as the European Footballer of the Year award. In 1995, the Ballon d'Or was expanded to include all players of any origin active at European clubs. The award became a global prize in 2007 with all professional footballers being eligible; additionally, coaches and captains of national teams were also given the right to vote, before reverting to just journalists in 2016.