1982 Ballon d'Or

The 1982 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 Paolo Rossi on 28 December 1982.^[1]

Rossi was the third Italian national to win the award after Omar Sívori in 1961 and Gianni Rivera in 1969. Rossi was also the second Juventus player to win the trophy, after Sívori in 1961.^[2]

Rankings[]

Rank	Name	Club(s)	Nationality	Points
1	Paolo Rossi	Juventus	Italy	115
2	Alain Giresse^{[notes 1]}	Bordeaux	France	64
3	Zbigniew Boniek	Juventus	Poland	53
4	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge^{[notes 2]}	Bayern Munich	West Germany	51
5	Bruno Conti	Roma	Italy	48
6	Rinat Dasayev	Spartak Moscow	Soviet Union	17
7	Pierre Littbarski	1. FC Köln	West Germany	10
8	Dino Zoff	Juventus	Italy	9
9	Michel Platini	Juventus	France	5
10	Bernd Schuster	Barcelona	West Germany	4
11	Giancarlo Antognoni	Fiorentina	Italy	3
12	Bruno Pezzey	Eintracht Frankfurt	Austria	2
	Gaetano Scirea	Juventus	Italy	2
	Eric Gerets	Standard Liège	Belgium	2
15	Paul Breitner	Bayern Munich	West Germany	1
	Torbjörn Nilsson	IFK Göteborg	Sweden	1
	Walter Schachner	Cesena	Austria	1
	Marco Tardelli	Juventus	Italy	1
	Marius Trésor	Bordeaux	France	1

Notes[]

^ France Football reports Giresse with 68 points.
^ France Football reports Rummenigge with 47 points.

References[]

^ Pierrend, José Luis (7 Apr 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1982". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2008.
^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.

External links[]

France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

[3] France Football reports Giresse with 68 points.

[4] France Football reports Rummenigge with 47 points.

[1] Pierrend, José Luis (7 Apr 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1982". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2008.

[2] "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or")". RSSSF. 18 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2008.

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