The European Golden Ball is a prize awarded by France Football magazine to the most outstanding player of each year, which is a milestone in every player’s career. At the same time, this is also the basis for comparing the best players in the history of world football. Therefore, each given European golden ball will receive a lot of attention from everyone. What are the best football players that have ever received the most yellow balls? Join Ku Bet to get the latest soccer football odds for the European Golden Ball.
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Lionel Messi 
Number of Golden Balls: 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)
Number of Golden Balls: 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)
Lionel Messi was born on June 24, 1987 as an Argentine player currently playing for Barcelona and the Argentina national team as a Striker. He is considered one of the best players of all time and in the race to win the Golden Ball for 9 years together with Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi is now the winner when he is 5 times accepted to receive the award 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015.
In his playing career, Lionel Messi has won many noble titles with the Barcelona club, most notably 8 times to win La Liga, 4 times to win the Champions League. However, Messi did not really impress when playing in Argentina’s shirt, he failed in three consecutive finals in the 2014 World Cup, 2015 Copa America and 2016 Copa America.
Cristiano Ronaldo 
Number of Golden Balls: 4 (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Number of Golden Balls: 4 (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in Portuguese football history/
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In 2017, the Golden Ballon d’Or award was awarded to the star of Real Madrid and Portugal – Cristiano Ronaldo, bringing his Golden Ball collection to five, Cristiano Ronaldo is the best player in Portuguese football history. At the same time, he is also the player who scored the most goals when playing in Real Madrid’s shirt. He and his Real Madrid team-mates won the La Liga once, twice won the Champions League in 2014 and 2016, 2017, 2018 European runner-up in 2004 and 4th place in the 2006 World Cup.
Michel Platini 
Number of Golden Balls: 3 (1983, 1984, 1985)
Number of Golden Balls: 3 (1983, 1984, 1985)French football has produced a lot of talent and among them Michel Platini is considered the greatest character. Michel Platini was born on June 21, 1955 in France, he is the best Midfielder France has ever produced.
Michel Platini is considered the greatest character/ Ph.scoopnest
His career culminated in the 1984-1985 season, when he and the French team won the European Championship and shortly after winning the Champions League with the Juventus club.
Johan Cruyff 
Number of Golden Balls: 3 (1971, 1973, 1974)
Number of Golden Balls: 3 (1971, 1973, 1974)Johan Cruyff was born on April 25, 1947 in the Netherlands, who has a career associated with the most beautiful years in Ajax club history. He took the role of captain and won the Netherlands twice, three times European champions. In addition, he also joined the Dutch team until the 1974 World Cup Final.
He took the role of captain and won the Netherlands twice/ Ph.Pinterest
As a coach, he led the Barcelona club 4 times to win the La Liga and 1 time to the European championship in 1992. He is also known as the person who laid the foundations for Barcelona’s overall playing style. On March 24, 2016, Johan Cruyff passed away after a period of tenacious fighting with cancer.
Marco van Basten
Number of Golden Balls: 3 (1988, 1989, 1992)
Marco van Basten was born on October 31, 1964 as a Dutch coach and former player. He is considered the best in the legendary trio “The Flying Dutchman” of AC Milan club. In his playing career, he has won the Dutch championship with Ajax club 3 times and when playing for AC Milan, he has won 4 Scudetto and 2 European championships. While playing for the Dutch team, Marco van Basten won the European Championship with his teammates and he was also the best player, the top scorer of the 1988 season.
Franz Beckenbauer
Number of Golden Balls: 2 (1972, 1976)
Franz Beckenbauer has been dubbed the “Emperor” enough to see his talent and influence not only in German football but also in the world. He is the founder of modern Libero and is one of only two people in the history of winning the World Cup both as a player and a coach (in 1974 and 1990), the other being Mario Zagallo of Brazil.
Franz Beckenbauer has been dubbed the “Emperor” enough to see his talent/ Ph. futbolretro
In his great history, Franz Beckenbauer won the Bundesliga with the Bayern Munchen club, won the European silver medal three times and won the silver plate together with Hamburger SV in 1982. In addition, captain Franz Beckenbauer of the team. West Germany won the European Championship in 1972, the World Championship in 1974 and as a coach, he led the German team to the World Championship in 1990.
Ronaldo 
Number of Golden Balls: 2 (1997, 2002)
Number of Golden Balls: 2 (1997, 2002)Ronaldo was born on September 18, 1976 as one of the best strikers in Brazilian football and in the world. He is known as the “Alien” when he is the only player to win all the titles in the World Cup: World Cup winner, World Cup Golden Ball, World Cup Golden Shoe.
He, along with his teammate – Zidane, became the two players with the most FIFA Player of the Year awards three times, in 1996, 1997 and 2002. However, Ronaldo has a career in competition. Club match was not impressive due to the injuries that he repeatedly encountered.
Alfredo Di Stefano 
Number of Golden Balls: 2 (1957, 1959)
Number of Golden Balls: 2 (1957, 1959)Alfredo Di Stéfano was born on July 4, 1926, is a former Argentinian player and coach. His name and career are associated with Real Madrid Club. Alfredo Di Stefano, together with Ferenc Puskas, created a pair of Strikers for European football. From 1954 to 1964, he won the European Championship with the Real Madrid club five times and the Spanish champion eight times.
he won the European Championship with the Real Madrid club five times/ Ph.kenh14
However, because the former European Ballon d’Or was only awarded to European players, it was not until he was a Spanish national that Alfredo Di Stefano won this noble title in 1957.
Kevin Keegan 
Number of Golden Balls: 2 (1978, 1979)
Number of Golden Balls: 2 (1978, 1979)Kevin Keegan was born on February 14, 1951, is a former coach and one of the greatest players in English football. However, every success in his playing career was tied to the Hamburger SV Club. Kevin Keegan, together with this club, won 2 Bundesliga silver discs and once set foot in the European Finals. This success helped him win 2 consecutive Golden Ball in 1978, 1979 and he is also the only English to win the Golden Ball title twice.
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