European Footballer of the Year

European Legend of the Year
year	Winner	Nation	Club	notes
1901	Steve Bloomer	Template:ENG	Derby County	British Home Championship winner & top scorer; English League top scorer
1902	Robert Hamilton	Template:SCO	Rangers	British Home Championship winner & top scorer: Scotish League winner & top scorer
1903	Vivian Woodward	Template:ENG	Tottenham Hotspur	British Home Championship winner & top scorer
1904	Steve Bloomer	Template:ENG	Derby County	British Home Championship winner; English League top scorer
1905	Alex Leake	Template:ENG	Aston Villa	British Home Championship winner; FA Cup winner
1906	Albert Shepherd	Template:ENG	Bolton Wanderers	English League top scorer
1907	Billy Meredith	Template:WAL	Manchester United	British Home Championship winner; one of the most prominent footballers in the British Isles of his era
1908	Vivian Woodward	Template:ENG	Tottenham Hotspur	Olympic Champion; British Home Championship winner; English League Player of the Year
1909	Imre Schlosser	Template:HUN	Ferencváros	Hungarian League winner; Hungarian League top scorer
1910	Harry Hampton	Template:ENG	Aston Villa	English League winner and all-time best scorer club
1911	Sophus Nielsen	Template:DEN	BK Frem	winner of Baneklubberne Cup; Danish League top scorer
1912	Gottfried Fuchs	Template:GER	Karlsruher	Olympic Games Top Scorer; 10 goals in an international game; winner of Südkreis-Liga
1913	Imre Schlosser	Template:HUN	Ferencváros	Hungarian League winner & top scorer (42 goals); winner of Hungarian cup
1914	Billy Gillespie	Template:IRE	Sheffield United	British Home Championship winner & top scorer
1915	Bobby Parker	Template:SCO	Everton	English League winner & top scorer
1916	Jimmy McColl	Template:SCO	Celtic	Scottish League winner & top scorer (34 goals)
1917	Bert Yarnall	Template:SCO	Airdrieonians	European and Scottish League top scorer (39 goals)
1918	Ricardo Zamora	Template:SPA	Espanyol	Catalan champion; best goalkeeper of his generation
1919	Alfréd Schaffer	Template:HUN	MTK	European & Hungarian Top Scorer (39 goals); Hungarian League winner
1920	Robert Coppée	Template:BEL	Union Saint-Gilloise	Olympic Champion and best player in the belgian national team
1921	Lucien Gamblin	Template:FRA	Red Star AC	winner of French Cup; the most prominent French footballer of his generation
1922	Elisha Scott	Template:IRE	Liverpool	English League winner; the most prominent British Isles goalkeeper of his generation
1923	Charlie Buchan	Template:ENG	Sunderland	English League top scorer (30 goals); the most prominent footballer in the British Isles of his era
1924	Sven Rydell	Template:SWE	Örgryte IS	Olympic Games Bronze Medal; he scored 49 goals in 43 games for his country!
1925	Hughie Gallacher	Template:SCO	Newcastle United	British Home Championship winner & top scorer; Scottish League winner
1926	Giampiero Combi	Template:ITA	Juventus	Italian League winner; one of the most prominent goalkeepers of his era
1927	Max Abegglen	Template:SWI	Grasshoppers	Swiss League winner; winner of Swiss Cup; the most prominent Swiss footballer of the 1920s-1930s
1928	Dixie Dean	Template:ENG	Everton	European & English League top scorer: 60 goals!; English League winner; winner of Charity Shield
1929	Angelo Schiavio	Template:ITA	Bologna	Italian League winner and best player
1930	Milutin Ivković Guillermo Stabile	Template:YOU	BASK	4th place in the World Cup; one of the most prominent defenders in the World Cup
1931	Raimundo Orsi	Argentina		Italian League winner; Best player of the champion team
1932	František Plánicka	Template:CZE		winner of Bohemia Cup; one of the most prominent goalkeepers in the 1930s
1933	Franz Binder	Template:AUT		Austrian League top scorer; in his career he would score 1.006 goals in 756 matches (unofficial data)
1934	Giuseppe Meazza	Template:ITA		World Champion and Best Player of the tournament
1935	Oldrich Nejedlý	Template:CZE	Sparta Praha	winner of Mitropa Cup; best player of the champion team
1936	Matthias Sindelar	Template:AUT		winner of Mitropa Cup and Austrian Cup; one of the most prominent footballers in the 1930s
1937	György Sárosi	Template:HUN	Ferencváros	winner of Mitropa Cup & top scorer
1938	Silvio Piola	Template:ITA	Lazio
1939	Gyula Zsengellér	Template:HUN	Újpesti TE
1940	Josef Bican	Template:CZE		Czechoslovak League winner; European and Czechoslovak League top Scorer: 50 golas!
1941	Fernando Peyroteo	Portugal	Sporting CP
1942	Ernst Wilimowski	Template:POL
1943	Valentino Mazzola	Template:ITA
1944	Edmundo Suárez 'Mundo'	Template:SPA	Valencia
1945	Faas Wilkes	Template:NED
1946	Gunnar Gren	Template:SWE
1947	József Bozsik	Template:HUN	Honvéd FC
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	Wolverhampton	FWA Footballer of the Year
1953	László Kubala	Template:HUN	Barcelona
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		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1957	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Argentina		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1958	Raymond Kopa	Template:FRA		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1959	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Argentina		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1960	Luis Suárez	Template:SPA		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1961	Omar Sivori	Argentina		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1962	Josef Masopust	Template:CZE		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1963	Lev Yashin	Template:URS		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1964	Denis Law	Template:SCO		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1965	Eusébio	Portugal		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1966	Bobby Charlton	Template:ENG		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1967	Florián Albert	Template:HUN		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1968	George Best	Template:NIR		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1969	Ganni Rivera	Template:ITA		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1970	Gerd Müller	Template:GER		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1971	Johan Cruyff	Template:NED		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1972	Franz Beckenbauer	Template:GER		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1973	Johan Cruyff	Template:NED		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1974	Johan Cruyff	Template:NED		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1975	Oleh Blokhin	Template:URS		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1976	Franz Beckenbauer	Template:GER		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1977	Allan Simonsen	Template:DEN		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1978	Kevin Keegan Mario Kempes	Template:ENG		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1979	Kevin Keegan	Template:ENG		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1980	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Template:GER		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1981	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	Template:GER		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1982	Paolo Rossi	Template:ITA		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1983	Michel Platini Zico	Template:FRA		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1984	Michel Platini	Template:FRA		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1985	Michel Platini	Template:FRA		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1986	Igor Belanov Diego Maradona	Template:URS		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1987	Ruud Gullit	Template:NED		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1988	Marco van Basten	Template:NED		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1989	Marco van Basten	Template:NED		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1990	Lothar Matthäus	Template:GER		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1991	Jean-Pierre Papin	Template:FRA		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1992	Marco van Basten	Template:NED		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1993	Roberto Baggio	Template:ITA		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1994	Hristo Stoichkov Romário	Template:BUL		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1995	George Weah	Template:LIB		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1996	Matthias Sammer	Template:GER		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year
1997	Ronaldo	Template:BRA		Ballon d'Or - European Footballer of the Year

European Footballer of the Year by U.E.F.A.
year	Winner	Nation	Club	notes
1998	Ronaldo Zinedine Zidane	Template:BRA		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
1999	David Beckham Rivaldo	Template:ENG		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2000	Fernando Redondo Luís Figo	Argentina		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2001	Stefan Effenberg Michael Owen	Template:GER		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2002	Zinedine Zidane Ronaldo	Template:FRA		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2003	Gianluigi Buffon Pavel Nedvěd	Template:ITA		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2004	Deco Andriy Shevchenko	Portugal		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2005	Steven Gerrard Ronaldinho	Template:ENG		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2006	Ronaldinho Fabio Cannavaro	Template:BRA		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2007	Kaká	Template:BRA		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2008	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2009	Lionel Messi	Argentina		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2010	Diego Milito Lionel Messi	Argentina		UEFA Club Footballer of the Year
2011	Lionel Messi	Argentina		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
2012	Andrés Iniesta	Template:SPA		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
2013	Franck Ribéry	Template:FRA		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
2014	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
2015	Lionel Messi	Argentina		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
2016	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
2017	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
2018	Luka Modrić	Template:CRO		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
2019	Virgil van Dijk	Template:NED		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
2020	Robert Lewandowski	Template:POL		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
2021	Jorginho	Template:ITA		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
2022	Karim Benzema	Template:FRA		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award
2023	Erling Haalland	Template:NOR		UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award