Ballon d'Or
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NEW ISSUE: Rodri exclusive PLUS Emma Hayes, Sven, Sharpe, Skrtel, Savage, Watkins, the world’s best players and Keown answers your questions!
By Gregg Davies published
Get your hands on the latest issue of FourFourTwo magazine – available in print or on your device – from Thursday 5 December

The Ballon d'Or top ten from 2009 is stacked compared to 2024 - have standards in football gotten worse?
By Ryan Dabbs published
Ballon d'Or awards celebrate the best players in the world each year, but 2024 might actually have the opposite effect

Ballon d'Or 2025: Odds, nominees and everything we know
By Mark White published
The Ballon d'Or 2025 will roll around quicker than you realise - here's everything you need to know about it

Every Ballon d’Or Femenin winner: A complete list of every women’s player to have won the award
By Isaac Stacey Stronge published
This is every Ballon d’Or Feminin winner - the ultimate individual award in women’s football, launched in 2018

Quiz! Can you tell us whether each of these players have won the Ballon d'Or?
By Matthew Holt published
We're testing your knowledge of previous winners of the prestigious footballing award

George Weah's Ballon d'Or: How one man changed the course of the award
By Steven Chicken published
The 1995 Ballon d'Or winner remains the only African international to win the award, inspiring a generation of younger stars and changing football culture

The bizarre rise of the Ballon d'Or: How Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo made it what it is - and why Kylian Mbappe may NEVER win one
By Steven Chicken published
Time was that the Ballon d'Or was a footnote for football nerds; for many fans now, it is the be-all and end-all

Rodri to be named Ballon d'Or 2024 winner in shock twist: reports
By Mark White published
Manchester City star Rodri is to scoop the Ballon d'Or 2024, following widespread reports that Vinicius Jr is to be snubbed at the last minute
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