1997 Ballon d'Or Results
The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player from the previous year. From 1995 until 2007 the award was open to all players from around the world, as long as they had been been active at European clubs during that year.
Below are the nominees in the final order after voting for the 1997 award. The winner was Ronaldo. The Brazilian Ronaldo is the youngest ever player to win the Ballon d'Or, he was only 21 years and 96 days when he won. Ronaldo was the first player from Brazil to win the award, and also became the first South American winner (he won again in 2002).
See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1997 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronaldo | Barcelona / Internazionale | Brazil | 222 |
| 2 | Predrag Mijatović | Real Madrid | FR Yugoslavia | 68 |
| 3 | Zinedine Zidane | Juventus | France | 63 |
| 4 | Dennis Bergkamp | Arsenal | Netherlands | 53 |
| 5 | Roberto Carlos | Real Madrid | Brazil | 47 |
| 6 | Andreas Möller | Borussia Dortmund | Germany | 40 |
| 7 | Raúl | Real Madrid | Spain | 35 |
| 8 | Peter Schmeichel | Manchester United | Denmark | 19 |
| 9 | Jürgen Kohler | Borussia Dortmund | Germany | 17 |
| 10 | Matthias Sammer | Borussia Dortmund | Germany | 16 |
| Christian Vieri | Atlético Madrid | Italy | 16 | |
| 12 | Youri Djorkaeff | Internazionale | France | 15 |
| 13 | Luis Enrique | Barcelona | Spain | 14 |
| 14 | Luís Figo | Barcelona | Portugal | 12 |
| 15 | Gianfranco Zola | Chelsea | Italy | 11 |
| Krasimir Balakov | VfB Stuttgart | Bulgaria | 11 | |
| 17 | Didier Deschamps | Juventus | France | 10 |
| Clarence Seedorf | Real Madrid | Netherlands | 10 | |
| 19 | Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus | Italy | 9 |
| Alan Shearer | Newcastle United | England | 9 | |
| David Beckham | Manchester United | England | 9 | |
| 22 | Fernando Hierro | Real Madrid | Spain | 8 |
| 23 | Gabriel Batistuta | Fiorentina | Argentina | 7 |
| 24 | Olaf Thon | Schalke 04 | Germany | 6 |
| 25 | Juninho | Atlético Madrid | Brazil | 5 |
| Paulo Sousa | Borussia Dortmund | Portugal | 5 | |
| Lilian Thuram | Parma | France | 5 | |
| 28 | Ryan Giggs | Manchester United | Wales | 4 |
| 29 | Oliver Bierhoff | Udinese | Germany | 3 |
| Angelo Peruzzi | Juventus | Italy | 3 | |
| Raí | Paris Saint-Germain | Brazil | 3 | |
| 32 | Victor Ikpeba | Monaco | Nigeria | 2 |
| 33 | Laurent Blanc | Marseille | France | 1 |
| Ciro Ferrara | Juventus | Italy | 1 | |
| Rivaldo | Barcelona | Brazil | 1 | |
| Bent Skammelsrud | Rosenborg | Norway | 1 |
Related Pages
- Ballon d'Or Home
- Men's Ballon d'Or Winner's List
- Player profile of Ronaldo
- 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
- Athlete Profile of Ronaldo
- The Year in Sport: 1997
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