European Footballers Of The Year From 1956 To Date

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 Ferreira (Portugal)

1966         -       Bobby Charlton (England)

1967         -       Floriant Albert (Hungary)

1968         -       George Best (N/Ireland)

1969         -       Gianni Rivera (Italy)

1970         -       Gerd Muller (Germany)

1971         -       Johan Cruijff (Nertherlands)

1972         -       Franz Bechenbauer (Germany)

1973         -       Johan Cruijff (Nertherlands)

1974         -       Johan Cruijff (Nertherlands)

1975         -       Oleg Blokhin (USSR)

1976         -       Franz Bechenbauer (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 (Nertherlands)

1988         -       Marco van Basten (Nertherlands)

1989         -       Marco van Basten (Nertherlands)

1990         -       Lothar Matthaus (Germany)

1991         -       Jean-Pierre Papin (France)

1992         -       Marco van Basten (Nertherlands)

1993         -       Roberto Baggio (Italy)

1994         -       Hristo Stoitchov (Bulgaria)

1995         -       George Weah (Liberia)

1996         -       Matthias Sammer (Germany)

1997         -       Delima Ronaldo (Brazil)

1998         -       Zinedine Zidane (France)

1999         -       Rivaldo (Brazil)

2000         -       Luis Figo (Portugal)

2001         -       Michael Owen (England)

2002         -       Delima Ronaldo (Brazil)

2003         -       Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic)

2004         -       Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)

2005         -       Gucho Ronaldinho (Brazil)

2006         -       Kaka (Brazil)

2007         -       Kaka (Brazil)

2008         -       C. Ronaldo (Portugal)

2009         -       Lionel Messi (Argentina)

2010         -       ???????????????