Following are the FIFA Player of the Year winners after Barcelona striker Lionel Messi won the prize in Milan on Monday (combined with France Football magazine's Ballon d'Or for European player of the year from 2010-15):
1991_Lothar Matthaeus, Germany 1992_Marco Van Basten, Netherlands 1993_Roberto Baggio, Italy 1994_Romario, Brazil 1995_George Weah, Liberia 1996_Ronaldo, Brazil 1997_Ronaldo, Brazil 1998_Zinedine Zidane, France 1999_Rivaldo, Brazil 2000_Zinedine Zidane, France 2001_Luis Figo, Portugal 2002_Ronaldo, Brazil 2003_Zinedine Zidane, France 2004_Ronaldinho, Brazil 2005_Ronaldinho, Brazil 2006_Fabio Cannavaro, Italy 2007_Kaka, Brazil 2008_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal 2009_Lionel Messi, Argentina 2010_Lionel Messi, Argentina 2011_Lionel Messi, Argentina 2012_Lionel Messi, Argentina 2013_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal 2014_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal 2015_Lionel Messi, Argentina 2016_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal 2017_Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal 2018_Luka Modric, Croatia 2019_Lionel Messi, Argentina
Previous winners of the Golden Ball, awarded to the European player of the year by France Football magazine:
1956_Stanley Matthews, Blackpool 1957_Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid 1958_Raymond Kopa, Real Madrid 1959_Alfredo Di Stefano, Real Madrid 1960_Luis Suarez, Barcelona 1961_Omar Sivori, Juventus 1962_Josef Masopust, Dukla Prague 1963_Lev Yashin, Dynamo Moscow 1964_Denis Law, Manchester United 1965_Eusebio, Benfica 1966_Bobby Charlton, Manchester United 1967_Florian Albert, Ferencvaros 1968_George Best, Manchester United 1969_Gianni Rivera, AC Milan 1970_Gerd Muller, Bayern Munich 1971_Johan Cruyff, Ajax 1972_Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern Munich 1973_Johan Cruyff, Barcelona 1974_Johan Cruyff, Barcelona 1975_Oleg Blokhin, Dynamo Kiev 1976_Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern Munich 1977_Allan Simonsen, Borussia Moenchengladbach 1978_Kevin Keegan, Hamburg SV 1979_Kevin Keegan, Hamburg SV 1980_Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich 1981_Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern Munich 1982_Paolo Rossi, Juventus 1983_Michel Platini, Juventus 1984_Michel Platini, Juventus 1985_Michel Platini, Juventus 1986_Igor Belanov, Dynamo Kiev 1987_Ruud Gullit, AC Milan 1988_Marco van Basten, AC Milan 1989_Marco van Basten, AC Milan 1990_Lothar Matthaeus, Inter Milan 1991_Jean-Pierre Papin, Marseille 1992_Marco van Basten, AC Milan 1993_Roberto Baggio, Juventus 1994_Hristo Stoichkov, Barcelona 1995_George Weah, AC Milan 1996_Matthias Sammer, Borussia Dortmund 1997_Ronaldo, Inter Milan 1998_Zinedine Zidane, Juventus 1999_Rivaldo, Barcelona 2000_Luis Figo, Real Madrid 2001_Michael Owen, Liverpool 2002_Ronaldo, Real Madrid 2003_Pavel Nedved, Juventus 2004_Andriy Shevchenko, AC Milan 2005_Ronaldinho, Barcelona 2006_Fabio Cannavaro, Juventus-Real Madrid 2007_Kaka, AC Milan 2008_Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United 2009_Lionel Messi, Barcelona 2016_Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid 2017_Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid
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