European Player of the Year

European Legend of the Year
year	Winner	Nation	Club	notes
1904	Steve Bloomer	Template:ENG		winner of British Home Championship; English League top scorer
1905	Alf Common	Template:ENG
1906	Albert Shepherd	Template:ENG
1907	Billy Meredith	Template:WAL
1908	Vivian Woodward	Template:ENG
1909	Imre Schlosser	Template:HUN
1910	Harry Hampton	Template:ENG
1911	Sophus Nielsen	Template:DEN
1912	Gottfried Fuchs	Template:GER
1913	Imre Schlosser	Template:HUN
1914	Billy Gillespie	Template:IRE
1915	Bobby Parker	Template:SCO
1916	Jimmy McColl	Template:SCO
1917	Bert Yarnall	Template:SCO
1918	Ricardo Zamora	Template:SPA
1919	Alfréd Schaffer	Template:HUN
1920	Robert Coppée	Template:BEL
1921	Lucien Gamblin	Template:FRA
1922	Elisha Scott	Template:IRE
1923	Charlie Buchan	Template:ENG
1924	Sven Rydell	Template:SWE
1925	Hughie Gallacher	Template:SCO
1926	Giampiero Combi	Template:ITA
1927	Max Abegglen	Template:SWI
1928	Dixie Dean	Template:ENG
1929	Angelo Schiavio	Template:ITA
1930	Milutin Ivković	Template:YOU
1931	Raimundo Orsi	Argentina
1932	František Plánicka	Template:CZE
1933	Franz Binder	Template:AUT
1934	Giuseppe Meazza	Template:ITA
1935	Oldrich Nejedlý	Template:CZE
1936	Matthias Sindelar	Template:AUT
1937	György Sárosi	Template:HUN
1938	Silvio Piola	Template:ITA
1939	Gyula Zsengellér	Template:HUN
1940	Josef Bican	Template:CZE
1941	Fernando Peyroteo	Portugal
1942	Ernst Wilimowski	Template:POL
1943	Valentino Mazzola	Template:ITA
1944	Edmundo Suárez 'Mundo'	Template:SPA
1945	Faas Wilkes	Template:NED
1946	Gunnar Gren	Template:SWE
1947	József Bozsik	Template:HUN
1948	Gunnar Nordahl	Template:SWE
1949	Estanislao Basora	Template:SPA
1950	Telmo Zarra	Template:SPA
1951	Fritz Walter	Template:GER
1952	Billy Wright	Template:ENG
1953	László Kubala	Template:HUN
1954	Sándor Kocsis	Template:HUN
1955	Ferenc Puskás	Template:HUN

European Footballer of the Year by France football
year	Winner	Nation	Club	notes
1956	Stanley Matthews	Template:ENG
1957	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Argentina
1958	Raymond Kopa	Template:FRA
1959	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Argentina
1960	Luis Suárez	Template:SPA
1961	Omar Sivori	Argentina
1962	Josef Masopust	Template:CZE
1963	Lev Yashin	Template:URS
1964	Denis Law	Template:SCO
1965	Eusébio	Portugal
1966	Bobby Charlton	Template:ENG
1967	Florián Albert	Template:HUN
1968	George Best	Template:NIR
1969	Ganni Rivera	Template:ITA
1970	Gerd Müller	Template:GER
1971	Johan Cruyff	Template:NED
1972	Franz Beckenbauer	Template:GER
1973	Johan Cruyff	Template:NED
1974	Johan Cruyff	Template:NED
1975	Oleh Blokhin	Template:URS
1976	Franz Beckenbauer	Template:GER
1977	Allan Simonsen	Template:DEN
1978	Kevin Keegan	Template:ENG
1979	Kevin Keegan	Template:ENG
1980	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Template:GER
1981	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Template:GER
1982	Paolo Rossi	Template:ITA
1983	Michel Platini	Template:FRA
1984	Michel Platini	Template:FRA
1985	Michel Platini	Template:FRA
1986	Igor Belanov	Template:URS
1987	Ruud Gullit	Template:NED
1988	Marco van Basten	Template:NED
1989	Marco van Basten	Template:NED
1990	Lothar Matthäus	Template:GER
1991	Jean-Pierre Papin	Template:FRA
1992	Marco van Basten	Template:NED
1993	Roberto Baggio	Template:ITA
1994	Hristo Stoichkov	Template:BUL
1995	George Weah	Template:LIB
1996	Matthias Sammer	Template:GER
1997	Ronaldo	Template:BRA

European Footballer of the Year by U.E.F.A.
year	Winner	Nation	Club	notes
1998	Ronaldo	Template:BRA
1999	David Beckham	Template:ENG
2000	Fernando Redondo	Argentina
2001	Stefan Effenberg	Template:GER
2002	Zinedine Zidane	Template:FRA
2003	Gianluigi Buffon	Template:ITA
2004	Deco	Portugal
2005	Steven Gerrard	Template:ENG
2006	Ronaldinho	Template:BRA
2007	Kaká	Template:BRA
2008	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal
2009	Lionel Messi	Argentina
2010	Diego Milito	Argentina
2011	Lionel Messi	Argentina
2012	Andrés Iniesta	Template:SPA
2013	Franck Ribéry	Template:FRA
2014	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal
2015	Lionel Messi	Argentina
2016	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal
2017	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal
2018	Luka Modric	Template:CRO
2019	Virgil van Dijk	Template:NED
2020	Robert Lewandowski	Template:POL
2021	Jorginho	Template:ITA