1997 Ballon d'Or

Annual association football award event in France 1997 Ballon d'Or Ronaldo Cannes (cropped).jpg 1997 Ballon d'Or winner, Ronaldo 23 December 1997 France Football ballondor.com Won by BRA Ronaldo (1st award) 1996 Ballon d'Or 1998 The 1997 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 Ronaldo on 23 December 1997. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy97.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1997 José Luis Pierrend RSSSF 26 March 2005 5 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130314042148/http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/europa-poy97.html 14 March 2013 live The Brazilian became the youngest winner of the award, at 21 years old.GiveMeSport Who is the youngest ever Ballon d'Or winner? https://onefootball.com/en/news/who-is-the-youngest-ever-ballon-dor-winner-36056647 11 April 2024 OneFootball 19 October 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20240411092032/https://onefootball.com/en/news/who-is-the-youngest-ever-ballon-dor-winner-36056647 11 April 2024 live On 19 November 1997, the shortlist of 50 male players compiled by a group of experts from France Football was announced.a.s Petit Press Päťdesiat kandidátov na futbalovú Zlatú loptu https://www.sme.sk/svet/c/patdesiat-kandidatov-na-futbalovu-zlatu-loptu 2025-12-19 SME.sk sk Rankings Source:France Football http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/ballon_or/bo_1997.html https://web.archive.org/web/20051101012334/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/ballon_or/bo_1997.html 2005-11-01 2025-12-19 www.francefootball.fr RankPlayerClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Ronaldo ESP BarcelonaITA Internazionale Brazil 222 2 Predrag Mijatović ESP Real Madrid FR Yugoslavia 68 3 Zinedine Zidane ITA Juventus France 63 4 Dennis Bergkamp ENG Arsenal Netherlands 57 5 Roberto Carlos ESP Real Madrid Brazil 47 6 Andreas Möller GER Borussia Dortmund Germany 40 7 Raúl ESP Real Madrid Spain 35 8 Peter Schmeichel ENG Manchester United Denmark 19 9 Jürgen Kohler GER Borussia Dortmund Germany 17 10 Matthias Sammer GER Borussia Dortmund Germany 16 Christian Vieri ESP Atlético Madrid Italy 16 12 Youri Djorkaeff ITA Internazionale France 15 13 Luis Enrique ESP Barcelona Spain 14 14 Luís Figo ESP Barcelona Portugal 12 15 Gianfranco Zola ENG Chelsea Italy 11 Krasimir Balakov GER VfB Stuttgart Bulgaria 11 17 Didier Deschamps ITA Juventus France 10 Clarence Seedorf ESP Real Madrid Netherlands 10 19 Alessandro Del Piero ITA Juventus Italy 9 Alan Shearer ENG Newcastle United England 9 David Beckham ENG Manchester United England 9 22 Fernando Hierro ESP Real Madrid Spain 8 23 Gabriel Batistuta ITA Fiorentina Argentina 7 24 Olaf Thon GER Schalke 04 Germany 6 25 Juninho ESP Atlético Madrid Brazil 5 Paulo Sousa GER Borussia Dortmund Portugal 5Lilian Thuram ITA Parma France 5 28 Ryan Giggs ENG Manchester United Wales 4 29 Oliver Bierhoff ITA Udinese Germany 3 Angelo Peruzzi ITA Juventus Italy 3 Raí FRA Paris Saint-Germain Brazil 3 32 Victor Ikpeba FRA Monaco Nigeria 2 33 Laurent Blanc FRA Marseille France 1Ciro Ferrara ITA Juventus Italy 1Rivaldo ESP Barcelona Brazil 1Bent Skammelsrud NOR Rosenborg Norway 1 Additionally, fourteen players were nominated but received no votes: Sonny Anderson (Monaco/Barcelona & Brazil), Enrico Chiesa (Parma & Italy), Hernán Crespo (Parma & Argentina), Iván de la Peña (Barcelona & Spain), Robbie Fowler (Liverpool & England), Thomas Häßler (Karlsruher SC & Germany), Thomas Helmer (Bayern Munich & Germany), Filippo Inzaghi (Atalanta/Juventus & Italy), Gianluca Pagliuca (Inter Milan & Italy), Robert Pires (Metz & France), Karl-Heinz Riedle (Borussia Dortmund/Liverpool & Germany), Sergi (Barcelona & Spain), Davor Šuker (Real Madrid & Croatia) and Ian Wright (Arsenal & England). References External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page 1997 Category:1997–98 in European football Category:1997 sports awards