1994 Ballon d'Or

1994 Ballon d'Or winner Hristo Stoichkov

The 1994 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 Hristo Stoichkov on 20 December 1994.^[1]

Stoichkov was the first Bulgarian national to win the award. He was the third Barcelona player to win the trophy after Luis Suárez (1960), and Johan Cruyff (1973, 1974).^[2]

Rankings[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Club(s)	Points
1	Hristo Stoichkov	Bulgaria	Barcelona	210
2	Roberto Baggio	Italy	Juventus	136
3	Paolo Maldini	Italy	Milan	109
4	Gheorghe Hagi	Romania	Barcelona	68
4	Tomas Brolin	Sweden	Parma	68
6	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	Tottenham Hotspur	43
7	Thomas Ravelli	Sweden	IFK Göteborg	21
8	Jari Litmanen	Finland	Ajax	12
9	Marcel Desailly	France	Milan	8
9	Dejan Savićević	FR Yugoslavia	Milan	8
11	Franco Baresi	Italy	Milan	7
11	Michel Preud'homme	Belgium	Benfica	7
13	Michael Laudrup	Denmark	Real Madrid	4
	Yordan Letchkov	Bulgaria	Hamburger SV	4
	Eric Cantona	France	Manchester United	4
16	Krassimir Balakov^{[notes 1]}	Bulgaria	Sporting CP	3
	José Luis Caminero	Spain	Atlético Madrid	3
	Jean-Pierre Papin	France	Bayern Munich	3
	Giuseppe Signori	Italy	Lazio	3
	Lothar Matthäus	Germany	Bayern Munich	3
21	Philippe Albert	Belgium	Newcastle United	2
	Otto Konrad	Austria	Austria Salzburg	2
	Ciriaco Sforza	Switzerland	Kaiserslautern	2
24	Kennet Andersson	Sweden	Caen	1
	Zvonimir Boban	Croatia	Milan	1
	Martin Dahlin	Sweden	Borussia Mönchengladbach	1
	Pep Guardiola	Spain	Barcelona	1
	Andreas Möller	Germany	Borussia Dortmund	1

Notes[]

^ France Football reports Balakov with 4 points.

References[]

^ Pierrend, José Luis (7 April 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1994". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 23 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 Balakov with 4 points.

[1] Pierrend, José Luis (7 April 2005). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1994". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 23 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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