1989 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. Up until 1995 it was awarded only to football players from Europe and was generally known as the European Footballer of the Year award.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 1989 award. The winner was Dutch player Marco van Basten, the second of his three awards. He also won in 1988 and 1992. See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1989 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marco van Basten | AC Milan | Netherlands | 119 |
| 2 | Franco Baresi | Milan | Italy | 80 |
| 3 | Frank Rijkaard | Milan | Netherlands | 43 |
| 4 | Lothar Matthäus | Internazionale | West Germany | 24 |
| 5 | Peter Shilton | Derby County | England | 22 |
| 6 | Dragan Stojković | Red Star Belgrade | Yugoslavia | 19 |
| 7 | Ruud Gullit | Milan | Netherlands | 16 |
| 8 | Gheorghe Hagi | Steaua București | Romania | 11 |
| Jürgen Klinsmann | Internazionale | West Germany | 11 | |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Papin | Marseille | France | 10 |
| Michel Preud'homme | Mechelen | Belgium | 10 | |
| 12 | Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko | Dynamo Kyiv | Soviet Union | 6 |
| 13 | Míchel | Real Madrid | Spain | 5 |
| 14 | Andreas Brehme | Internazionale | West Germany | 3 |
| Paulo Futre | Atlético Madrid | Portugal | 3 | |
| Karl-Heinz Riedle | Werder Bremen | West Germany | 3 | |
| 17 | John Barnes | Liverpool | England | 2 |
| Packie Bonner | Celtic | Republic of Ireland | 2 | |
| Glenn Hysén | Liverpool | Sweden | 2 | |
| Oleh Kuznetsov | Dynamo Kyiv | Soviet Union | 2 | |
| Andreas Möller | Borussia Dortmund | West Germany | 2 | |
| Julio Salinas | Barcelona | Spain | 2 | |
| 23 | Thomas Häßler | 1. FC Köln | West Germany | 1 |
| Ronald Koeman | Barcelona | Netherlands | 1 | |
| Robby Langers | Nice | Luxembourg | 1 | |
| Gary Lineker | Tottenham Hotspur | England | 1 | |
| Paolo Maldini | Milan | Italy | 1 | |
| Theo Snelders | Aberdeen | Netherlands | 1 | |
| Gianluca Vialli | Sampdoria | Italy | 1 | |
| Oleksandr Zavarov | Juventus | Soviet Union | 1 |
Related Pages
- Marco van Basten won the Ballon d'Or in 1988, 1989 and 1992.
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Football Awards Lists
- List of the FIFA male player of the year and FIFA female player of the year.
- History of the Ballon d'Or
- The Year in Sport: 1989
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