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The 1984 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Michel Platini on 25 December 1984. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Rankings
In 2010, the FIFA World Player of the Year award combined with the Ballon d'Or to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or in a six-year partnership. [3] FIFA presided over the FIFA Ballon d'Or after agreeing to pay £13million for the merge of the two major player awards with France Football.
16 May – Italian giants Juventus FC claims the European Cup Winners' Cup by defeating first-time European finalists FC Porto 2–1.; 23 May – Tottenham Hotspur wins the UEFA Cup by defeating R.S.C. Anderlecht on penalties (4-3) after an aggregate score of 2–2 at White Hart Lane in London.
Between 2010 and 2015, in an agreement with FIFA, the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year, and was known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or. That partnership ended in 2016, and the award reverted to the Ballon d'Or, while FIFA also reverted to its own separate annual award, The Best FIFA Men's Player.
A total of 471 players have been in the winning team in the World Cup. Brazil's Pelé is the only one to have won three times, while another 20 have won twice. Only players from Brazil and Italy, and one player from Argentina, have won the World Cup more than once. No player has won two World Cups both as captain.
The Best FIFA Football Awards is a football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA. [1] The first awarding ceremony was held on 9 January 2017 in Zürich, Switzerland. [2] The award is aimed at reviving the FIFA World Player Gala. [3] This award being given to the players with best performance in the calendar year.
1984 Summer Olympics. Men's Singles competition; Gold – Stefan Edberg; Silver – Francisco Maciel; Bronze – Jimmy Arias and Paolo Canè; Women's Singles competition; Gold – Steffi Graf; Silver – Sabrina Goleš; Bronze – Raffaella Reggi and Catherine Tanvier; 1984 Davis Cup. Sweden wins 4-1 over the United States in Men's world tennis ...
France Football: World Cup top 100 1930–1990: 2000 [39] World Soccer The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time: 2000 [40] Placar The 100 Players of the Century: 2000 [41] Placar The 100 Players FIFA World Cup: 2000 [42] FIFA 100: 2004; IFFHS' Best Players of the Century for Peru: 2006 [1] World – Player of the Century Nº 48: 2006 [43] South ...