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The 1979 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 the English forward Kevin Keegan on 25 December 1979. [1]
Copa Libertadores 1979: Won by Olimpia Asunción after defeating Boca Juniors on an aggregate score of 2–0. European Cup 1979: Won by Nottingham Forest after defeating Malmö FF 1–0 in the Final. Intercontinental Cup 1979: Won by Olimpia Asunción after defeating Malmö FF by an aggregate score of 3–1. This was the last time the ...
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.
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.
1960–1979 (matches 338–536) 1980–1999 (matches 537–764) ... Best 50' Stadium: Wembley Stadium ... 17 October 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 5:
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 January 2025. English footballer (born 1979) This article is about the English footballer. For other people, see Michael Owen (disambiguation). Michael Owen Owen in 2014 Personal information Full name Michael James Owen Date of birth (1979-12-14) 14 December 1979 (age 45) Place of birth Chester ...
The team was announced on 10 June 1998, in conjunction with the opening ceremonies of the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. The team was selected in plurality voting undertaken by a panel of 250 international football journalists from amongst the members of eleven-member sides styled as the South American and European Teams of the 20th Century, selected previously by the same panel to be composed ...
Best player(s) Diego Maradona: Fair play award Poland: ← 1977. 1981 → . The 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship, the second staging of the ...