1999 Ballon d'Or

1992 The 1999 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 Rivaldo on 21 December 1999. On 22 November 2000, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football was announced. == Rankings == Source: Additionally, 22 players were nominated but received no votes: Fabien Barthez (Monaco & France), Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal and Netherlands), Laurent Blanc (Marseille/Inter Milan & France), Gianluigi Buffon (Parma & Italy), Frank de Boer (Ajax/Barcelona & Netherlands), Marcel Desailly (Chelsea & France), Giovane Élber (Bayern Munich & Brazil), Pep Guardiola (Barcelona & Spain), Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus & Italy), Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona & Netherlands), Paolo Maldini (Milan & Italy), Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid & Spain), Hidetoshi Nakata (Perugia & Japan), Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal & France), Gus Poyet (Chelsea & Uruguay), Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv & Ukraine), Lilian Thuram (Parma & France), Sylvain Wiltord (Bordeaux & France) and Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea & Italy). == References == == External links == France Football Official Ballon d'Or page