1959 Ballon d'Or

Annual football award event in France 1959 Ballon d'Or File:Di Stefano 1959.jpg 1959 Ballon d'Or winner, Alfredo Di Stéfano 15 December 1959 Paris, France France Football ballondor.com Won by ESP 1945 Alfredo Di Stéfano (2nd award) 1958 Ballon d'Or 1960 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 Stéfano on 15 December 1959.Pierrend José https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy59.html European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1959 15 December 2006 RSSSF It was the second time that Di Stéfano won the award. Rankings RankNameClub(s)NationalityPoints 1 Alfredo Di Stéfano Spain 1945 Real Madrid Spain 1945Despite being born in Argentina, Alfredo Di Stéfano acquired Spanish citizenship in 1956, and went on to play for the Spain national team.http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=122/newsid=255616.html Europe dazzled by Di Stéfano UEFA 22 November 2004 6 December 2008 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081211210548/http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association%3D122/newsId%3D255616.html December 11, 2008 lower-alpha 80 2 Raymond Kopa Spain 1945 Real MadridFrance Reims France 42 3 John Charles Italy Juventus Wales 24 4 Luis Suárez Spain 1945 Barcelona Spain 1945 22 5 Agne Simonsson Sweden Örgryte IS Sweden 20 6 Lajos Tichy Hungary Budapest Honvéd Hungary 18 7 Ferenc Puskás Spain 1945 Real Madrid Hungary 16 8 Francisco Gento Spain 1945 Real Madrid Spain 1945 12 9 Helmut Rahn West Germany Rot-Weiss EssenWest Germany 1. FC Köln West Germany 11 10 Horst Szymaniak West Germany Wuppertaler SVWest Germany Karlsruher SC West Germany 8 11 Lev Yashin Soviet Union Dynamo Moscow Soviet Union 7 12 Yuriy Voynov Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv Soviet Union 5 13 Dezső Bundzsák Hungary Vasas Hungary 4 Gyula Grosics Hungary Tatabánya Hungary Ivan Kolev Bulgaria 1948 CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 1948 Nils Liedholm Italy Milan Sweden 17 Titus Buberník Czechoslovakia ČH Bratislava Czechoslovakia 3 Just Fontaine France Reims France Georgi Naydenov Bulgaria 1948 CDNA Sofia Bulgaria 1948 20 Flórián Albert Hungary Ferencváros Hungary 2 Uwe Seeler West Germany Hamburger SV West Germany Joan Segarra Spain 1945 Barcelona Spain 1945 23 János Göröcs Hungary Újpest Hungary 1 Ken Jones ENG Scunthorpe United Wales Roger Marche France RC Paris France Antoni Ramallets Spain 1945 Barcelona Spain 1945 Notes lower-alpha References External links France Football Official Ballon d'Or page 1959 Category:1958–59 in European football