The 1979 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 the English forward Kevin Keegan on 25 December 1979.[1] There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.[2]

1979 Ballon d'Or
1979 Ballon d'Or winner Kevin Keegan in 1980
Date25 December 1979
Presented byFrance Football
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or
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Rankings

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Rank Name Club(s) Nationality Points
1 Kevin Keegan   Hamburger SV   England 118
2 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge   Bayern Munich   West Germany 52
3 Ruud Krol   Ajax   Netherlands 41
4 Manfred Kaltz   Hamburger SV   West Germany 27
5 Michel Platini   Saint-Étienne   France 23
6 Paolo Rossi   Perugia   Italy 16
7 Trevor Francis   Nottingham Forest   England 13
Liam Brady   Arsenal   Republic of Ireland
9 Zbigniew Boniek   Widzew Łódź   Poland 8
Zdeněk Nehoda   Dukla Prague   Czechoslovakia
11 Kenny Dalglish   Liverpool   Scotland 7
Allan Simonsen   Barcelona   Denmark
13 Paul Breitner   Bayern Munich   West Germany 6
Kees Kist   AZ   Netherlands
15 Johnny Rep   Saint-Étienne   Netherlands 5
Tony Woodcock   1. FC Köln   England
Hans Krankl   Barcelona   Austria
Safet Sušić   FK Sarajevo   SFR Yugoslavia
19 Uli Stielike   Real Madrid   West Germany 4
20 Marius Trésor   Marseille   France 3
21 João Alves   Paris Saint-Germain   Portugal 2
Franco Causio   Juventus   Italy
Gordon McQueen   Manchester United   Scotland
René van de Kerkhof   PSV Eindhoven   Netherlands
Bruno Pezzey   Eintracht Frankfurt   Austria
Simon Tahamata   Ajax   Netherlands
27 Juan Manuel Asensi   Barcelona   Spain 1
Trevor Brooking   West Ham United   England
Ronnie Hellström   Kaiserslautern   Sweden
Hansi Müller   VfB Stuttgart   West Germany
Antonín Panenka   Bohemians 1905   Czechoslovakia
Walter Schachner   Austria Wien   Austria

References

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  1. ^ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1979 - Kevin Keegan". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1979". RSSSF. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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