Did You Know? Luis Suarez is a Ballon D'or winner?

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On Monday 11 January 2016, Lionel Messi was awarded the prestigious Ballon D'or trophy for a record 5th time. Beating other nominees, Cristiano Ronaldo and fellow Barcelona team mate Neymar Junior to it.

However, as I was going through a list of all the football greats who have the award, I couldn't help but notice the name of another Barcelona striker, Luis Suarez.
Yes ! Believe it was not, Suarez is a balon d'or winner.
Take a look at the full list from 1956 when the maiden edition was held, see the fifth name on the list?



  • 1956 Stanley Matthews
  • 1957 Alfredo Di Stefano
  • 1958 Raymond Kopa
  • 1959 Alfredo Di Stefano
  • 1960 Luis Suarez
  • 1961 Omar Sivori
  • 1962 Josef Masopust
  • 1963 Lev Yashin
  • 1964 Denis Law
  • 1965 Eusebio
  • 1966 Bobby Charlton
  • 1967 Florian Albert
  • 1968 George Best
  • 1969 Gianni Rivera
  • 1970 Gerd Muller
  • 1971 Johan Cruyff
  • 1972 Franz Beckenbauer
  • 1973 Johan Cruyff
  • 1974 Johan Cruyff
  • 1975 Oleg Blokhin
  • 1976 Franz Beckenbauer
  • 1977 Allan Simonsen
  • 1978 Kevin Keegan
  • 1979 Kevin Keegan
  • 1980 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
  • 1981 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
  • 1982 Paolo Rossi
  • 1983 Michel Platini
  • 1984 Michel Platini
  • 1985 Michel Platini
  • 1986 Igor Belanov
  • 1987 Ruud Gullit
  • 1988 Marco van Basten
  • 1989 Marco van Basten
  • 1990 Lothar Matthaus
  • 1991 Jean-Pierre Papin
  • 1992 Marco van Basten
  • 1993 Roberto Baggio
  • 1994 Hristo Stoichkov
  • 1995 George Weah
  • 1996 Matthias Sammer
  • 1997 Ronaldo
  • 1998 Zinedine Zidane
  • 1999 Rivldo
  • 2000 Luis Figo
  • 2001 Michael Owen
  • 2002 Ronaldo
  • 2003 Pavel Nedved
  • 2004 Andriy Shevchenko
  • 2005 Ronaldinho
  • 2006 Fabio Cannavaro
  • 2007 Kaka
  • 2008 Cristiano Ronaldo
  • 2009 Lionel Messi
  • 2010 Lionel Messi
  • 2011 Lionel Messi
  • 2012 Lionel Messi
  • 2013 Cristiano Ronaldo
  • 2014 Cristiano Ronaldo
  • 2015 Lionel Messi

Gotcha!!! 
Luis Suarez actually won the award in 1960. But definitely not the  Uruguyan Suarez. 
Luis Suarez Miramontes,


born 2 May 1935 played for Barcelona between 1955 to 1961. He made a total of 122 appearances and scored 61 goals for the club. He was voted Ballon D'or winner in 1960.

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