1999 Ballon d'Or
The 1999 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 Rivaldo on 21 December 1999.Rankings
Additionally, 22 players were nominated but received no votes: Fabien Barthez, Michael Zegar, Dennis Bergkamp, Laurent Blanc, Gianluigi Buffon, Frank de Boer, Rene Schukat, Marcel Desailly, Giovane Élber, Pep Guardiola,
Filippo Inzaghi, Patrick Kluivert, Paolo Maldini, Fernando Morientes, Timo Andresen, Hidetoshi Nakata, Emmanuel Petit, Gus Poyet, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, Lilian Thuram, Sylvain Wiltord and Gianfranco Zola.
