1995 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France 1995 Ballon d'Or Coppa UEFA 1992-93 - Napoli vs PSG - George Weah.jpg 1995 Ballon d'Or winner, George Weah 24 December 1995 France Football ballondor.com Won by Liberia George Weah (1st award) 1994 Ballon d'Or 1996 The 1995 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 George Weah on 24 December 1995. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy95.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1995 José Luis Pierrend RSSSF 26 March 2005 12 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130314042321/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy95.html 14 March 2013 live It was the first edition of this award where players born outside Europe were allowed to receive votes and was the first time a player representing an African nation won the award. Rankings RankFrance Football http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/ballon_or/bo_1995.html https://web.archive.org/web/20051101012015/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/ballon_or/bo_1995.html 2005-11-01 2025-12-19 www.francefootball.frFrance Football N*2594 Weah Ballon Or 1995 Milan Psg Klinsmann Poster Espagne • EUR 5,00 https://picclick.fr/France-Football-N-2594-Weah-Ballon-Or-1995-Milan-386378547085.html 2025-12-19 PicClick FR enPlayerClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 George Weah FRA Paris Saint-GermainITA Milan Liberia 144 2 Jürgen Klinsmann ENG Tottenham HotspurGER Bayern Munich Germany 108 3 Jari Litmanen NED Ajax Finland 67 4 Alessandro Del Piero ITA Juventus Italy 57 5 Patrick Kluivert NED Ajax Netherlands 47 6 Gianfranco Zola ITA Parma Italy 41 7 Paolo Maldini ITA Milan Italy 36 8 Marc Overmars NED Ajax Netherlands 33 9 Matthias Sammer GER Borussia Dortmund Germany 18 10 Michael Laudrup ESP Real Madrid Denmark 17 11 Marcel Desailly ITA Milan France 16 12 Frank Rijkaard NED Ajax Netherlands 15 Fabrizio Ravanelli ITA Juventus Italy 15 14 Paulo Sousa ITA Juventus Portugal 14 Hristo Stoichkov ITA Parma Bulgaria 14 16 Dejan Savićević ITA Milan Yugoslavia 12 17 Davor Šuker ESP Sevilla Croatia 10 18 Fernando Hierro ESP Real Madrid Spain 9 19 Gianluca Vialli ITA Juventus Italy 8 20 Gabriel Batistuta ITA Fiorentina Argentina 7 21 Franco Baresi ITA Milan Italy 6 Finidi George NED Ajax Nigeria 6 23 Roberto Baggio ITA Juventus Italy 5 Tony Yeboah ENG Leeds United Ghana 5 Zvonimir Boban ITA Milan Croatia 5 26 Ronaldo NED PSV Eindhoven Brazil 4 27 Juan Esnáider ESP ZaragozaESP Real Madrid Argentina 3 Iván Zamorano ESP Real Madrid Chile 3 Andreas Möller GER Borussia Dortmund Germany 3 30 Vítor Baía POR Porto Portugal 2 Bebeto ESP Deportivo La Coruña Brazil 2 32 Alan Shearer ENG Blackburn Rovers England 1 Luís Figo ESP Barcelona Portugal 1 Ian Wright ENG Arsenal England 1 Additionally, sixteen players were nominated but received no votes: Daniel Amokachi (Everton & Nigeria), Dino Baggio (Parma & Italy), Abel Balbo (Roma & Argentina), Mario Basler (Werder Bremen & Germany), Júlio César (Borussia Dortmund & Brazil), Didier Deschamps (Juventus & France), Donato Gama (Deportivo La Coruña & Spain), Stefan Effenberg (Borussia Mönchengladbach & Germany), Vincent Guérin (Paris Saint-Germain & France), Christian Karembeu (Nantes/Sampdoria & France), Bernard Lama (Paris Saint-Germain & France), Japhet N'Doram (Nantes & Chad), Jay-Jay Okocha (Eintracht Frankfurt & Nigeria), Fernando Redondo (Real Madrid & Argentina), Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United & Denmark) and Clarence Seedorf (Ajax/Sampdoria & Netherlands). References External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page 1995 Category:1995–96 in European football Category:1995 sports awards