1990 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 1990 award. The winner was Lothar Matthäus.
As only European players were eligible for the Ballon d'Or at this time, there may have been players outside of Europe deserving of the best player of the year award. To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or in 2016, the results were reevaluated, and it was determined that in 1990 Diego Maradona would have won if he was eligible.
See the list of all Ballon d'Or winners.
Final order for the men's 1990 Ballon d'Or
| Order | Player | Club | Nationality | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lothar Matthäus | Internazionale | Germany | 137 |
| 2 | Salvatore Schillaci | Juventus | Italy | 84 |
| 3 | Andreas Brehme | Internazionale | Germany | 68 |
| 4 | Paul Gascoigne | Tottenham Hotspur | England | 43 |
| 5 | Franco Baresi | Milan | Italy | 37 |
| 6 | Enzo Scifo | Auxerre | Belgium | 12 |
| Jürgen Klinsmann | Internazionale | Germany | 12 | |
| 8 | Roberto Baggio | Fiorentina / Juventus | Italy | 8 |
| 9 | Frank Rijkaard | Milan | Netherlands | 7 |
| 10 | Guido Buchwald | VfB Stuttgart | Germany | 6 |
| 11 | Jean-Pierre Papin | Marseille | France | 3 |
| 12 | Rafael Martín Vázquez | Real Madrid / Torino | Spain | 2 |
| Paul McGrath | Aston Villa | Republic of Ireland | 2 | |
| Robert Prosinečki | Red Star Belgrade | Yugoslavia | 2 | |
| Des Walker | Nottingham Forest | England | 2 | |
| Walter Zenga | Internazionale | Italy | 2 | |
| Dragan Stojković | Red Star Belgrade | Yugoslavia | 2 | |
| Marseille | ||||
| 18 | John Barnes | Liverpool | England | 1 |
| Michael Laudrup | Barcelona | Denmark | 1 | |
| Gary Lineker | Tottenham Hotspur | England | 1 | |
| David Platt | Aston Villa | England | 1 | |
| Rudi Völler | Roma | Germany | 1 | |
| Chris Waddle | Marseille | England | 1 |
Related Pages
- 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: 1990
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