EUROPEAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR
This award begun in 1956 by France Football magazine. Before 1995 only European players playing in Europe were eligible but since then non-European players have also been declared eligible. The results in 2002 are:
| RANK | NAME | NATIONALITY |
VOTES |
| 1 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 171 |
| 2 | Roberto Carlos | Brazil | 145 |
| 3 | Oliver Kahn | Germany | 114 |
| 4 | Zinedine Zidane | France | 78 |
| 5 | Michael Ballack | Germany | 67 |
| 6 | Thierry Henry | France | 54 |
| 7 | Raul | Spain | 38 |
| 8 | Rivaldo | Brazil | 29 |
| 9 | Yildiray Basturk | Turkey | 13 |
| 10 | Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | 12 |
Ronaldo won the European Footballer of the Year award for the second time with brilliant performances in the World Cup. World Cup performances also helped Roberto Carlos and Oliver Kahn be ranked second and third. Previous winners of the award are:
| YEAR | NAME | NATIONALITY |
| 1956 | Stanley Matthews | England |
| 1957 | Alfredo Di Stefano | Spain |
| 1958 | Raymond Kopa | France |
| 1959 | Alfredo Di Stefano | Spain |
| 1960 | Luis Suarez | Spain |
| 1961 | Omar Sivori | Italy |
| 1962 | Josef Masopust | Czechoslovakia |
| 1963 | Lev Yashin | USSR |
| 1964 | Denis Law | Scotland |
| 1965 | Eusebio | Portugal |
| 1966 | Bobby Charlton | England |
| 1967 | Florian Albert | Hungary |
| 1968 | George Best | Northern Ireland |
| 1969 | Gianni Rivera | Italy |
| 1970 | Gerd Muller | Germany |
| 1971 | Johan Cruyff | Holland |
| 1972 | Franz Beckenbauer | Germany |
| 1973 | Johan Cruyff | Holland |
| 1974 | Johan Cruyff | Holland |
| 1975 | Oleg Blokhim | USSR |
| 1976 | Franz Beckenbauer | Germany |
| 1977 | Allan Simonsen | Denmark |
| 1978 | Kevin Keegan | England |
| 1979 | Kevin Keegan | England |
| 1980 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Germany |
| 1981 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Germany |
| 1982 | Paolo Rossi | Italy |
| 1983 | Michel Platini | France |
| 1984 | Michel Platini | France |
| 1985 | Michel Platini | France |
| 1986 | Igor Belanov | USSR |
| 1987 | Ruud Gullit | Holland |
| 1988 | Marco Van Basten | Holland |
| 1989 | Marco Van Basten | Holland |
| 1990 | Lothar Matthaus | Germany |
| 1991 | Jean-Pierre Papin | France |
| 1992 | Marco Van Basten | Holland |
| 1993 | Roberto Baggio | Italy |
| 1994 | Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria |
| 1995 | George Weah | Liberia |
| 1996 | Matthias Sammer | Germany |
| 1997 | Ronaldo | Brazil |
| 1998 | Zinedine Zidane | France |
| 1999 | Rivaldo | Brazil |
| 2000 | Luis Figo | Portugal |
| 2001 | Michael Owen | England |
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