Rodri - The 2024 Ballon d'Or Winner! (Pg 131)

[cleavers]

Which players mate?

Law, Best, Charlton, and fake Ronaldo, Owen for the dippers.

 

[southamptonblue]

He’s just a Brazilian Marcus Rashford

I said that pages back!! ;)

 

[yeseye]

Which players mate?

That Italian Macheda, I think he won it for Utd.
I remember all the hype!

 

[cleavers]

Didn’t it used to be the European footballer of the year?

Probably, it's not something I've followed, but the CL used to be the European Cup, and they count those (even though it was much easier to win back then, you just needed a luckier draw).

 

[Don Karleone]

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Didn’t it used to be the European footballer of the year?

I'm sure the European Footballer of the Year award stopped in 2010.

 

[TedofChume]

Denis Law has been mentioned.
There's one more?

I'm teasing you. Kevin Keegan (manager) won it twice though.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Didn’t it used to be the European footballer of the year?

George Weah won it in1995 the first African. That year that rules of eligibility were changed and the Ballon d'Or was expanded to include all players of any origin, active at European clubs; two years later, Ronaldo of Brazil became the first South American ...

Thats why the likes of Maradona and Pele were never eligible for it

 

[levets]

No, he is the second—Alfredo di Stefano won it twice.

He was Argentinian, but became ‘naturalised’ in Spain, so became eligible to win it as he was now a ‘European’

 

[SebastianBlue]

He was Argentinian, but became ‘naturalised’ in Spain, so became eligible to win it as he was now a ‘European’

I know. ;-)