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