The history of the Golden Ball Award has been 66 years, a total of 45 players have won the Golden Ball, some of these 45 players are famous, some are almost nameless, for some fans may be the first time to hear, for some fans, the first time to hear these players is still the former Golden Ball Award winners, it is estimated that they directly burst out of their mouths ancient blowing, not worthy of such superficial words, after all, fans have never been rational and objective. The Golden Ball Award was founded by the French football magazine, more than 30 years earlier than the World Footballer of the Year, very professional and authoritative, and has great influence, when FIFA selected the World Footballer of the Year or to compete with the Golden Ball Award. Today I will take stock of the five most unknown winners in the history of the Golden Globe Awards.
Matthews
Matthews is the inaugural winner of the Ballon d'Or, he was 41 years old when he won the award in 1956, he played for Blackpool and Stoke City in England, and Matthews, who played as a winger, dribbled with pure skills, and the editor liked to train him to 99 in all values in Live 8, which is the most promising figure in the live event. Matthews' winning the first Ballon d'Or is more symbolic, after all, he is 41 years old at this time, and at the same time, there are cattle men such as Distifano Puskas who are younger and stronger than Matthews, and Matthews' personal performance that year he won the Golden Ball Award was not much amazing, nor did he win any collective honors, or even national team results.
albert
Albert was the winner of the European Ballon d'Or in 1967. is a Hungarian player who has spent his career playing for Hungarian side Ferencváros, by which time the Hungarian national team has fallen lonely, and Hungary's best result since the '66 World Cup was the World Cup group stage. There are no major events in world football in 67, the influence of the Champions Cup is not so great, the five major leagues have been formed at this time, but there is no influence and gold content today, Albert, who played in the Hungarian league, won the Golden Boot and the league championship with his performance of scoring 28 goals in 27 league appearances, and thus won the European Golden Ball Award that year, it can be said that a new fan does not know, old fans do not know and do not know the player, of course, the editor does not know.
Simonson
Old fans of Danish footballers will first say the Laudrup brothers and Schmeichel, and new fans will talk about Eriksen. But the first and only Ballon d'Or winner in Danish football is Alan Simonsen, a little-known player. Simonsen is the winner of the European Ballon d'Or in 1977, this period is the era of Beckham and Cruyff, the two won the Ballon d'Or five times in seven years, Simonson can win the 77 Ballon d'Or is indeed powerful, but few domestic fans know. Simonson's career peak was at Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga, this period was the most glorious period in Borussia Mönchengladbach's history, Bayern who had Beckenbauer in the Bundesliga could not raise his head, Simonsen as the main striker won the Bundesliga three consecutive titles with Borussia in 77, reached the final of the Champions League but was defeated by Liverpool, regardless of his own goal in the final, it was because of his excellent performance at the club that Simonson won the European Ballon d'Or in 1977.
Beranov
Belanov is a Ukrainian player from the former Soviet Union and one of the three Golden Ball winners in Ukrainian football, namely Blokhin, Belanov and Shevchenko. But compared to the other two Ukrainian Golden Globes, Belanov's fame is almost absent in our country. Belanov was the winner of the European Ballon d'Or in 1986, a World Cup year, but this World Cup was Maradona's World Cup, and no one in European football could play against Maradona. In the 86 World Cup Belanov participated with the Soviet Union and scored four goals, performed very well, and won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 86 and the Soviet League title for Dynamo Kyiv, and it was with these excellent performances that Belanov won the European Ballon d'Or in 86. In the past, the selection of the Golden Globe was not as good as it is now, only looking at the performance of the Champions Cup, as long as you perform well in the UEFA Cup or the Cup of Winners, you also have a chance to win the Golden Ball, after all, the UEFA Cup and the Cup of Winners' Cup at that time were also very competitive.
Papan
Papin is the third Golden Ball winner in the history of French football, he won the European Ballon d'Or in 1991, in this year Papin also performed quite well, playing in Marseille Papin won four consecutive Ligue 1 titles with the team, he also won the Ligue 1 Golden Boot for five consecutive years, and also won the European Champions League with Marseille in 91, although it was finally canceled for some reasons, but it did not affect Papan to win the European Golden Ball Award in 91, after all, the game was also played one by one, Papan won the Champions League Golden Boot, League Golden Boot, French Footballer of the Year, etc. in this year, and won the world's top scorer of the year, winning the Golden Ball Award is also a natural fit, among the five Golden Ball winners in this issue, Papan is the most famous one, but compared to the 44 winners in the history of the Golden Ball, his fame is really among the bottom in China.