FIFA Ballon d'Or

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Sepp Blatter haulds up the agreement creatin the FIFA Ballon d'Or in Johannesburg in Julie 2010

The FIFA Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: ​[balɔ̃ dɔʁ], "Gowden Baw") is an association fitbaa awaird gien annually tae the player that is considered tae hae performed the best in the previous year. It is awairdit based on votes bi coaches an captains o internaitional teams, as weel as journalists frae athort the warld.

The awaird stairtit in 2010 efter France Football's Ballon d'Or an the men's FIFA Warld Player o the Year awaird wur mellt. The winner o the inaugural 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or wis Lionel Messi that then went on tae reclaim the title the follaein twa year. Efter the merger, the FIFA Warld Player o the Year awaird became a weemen-anly awaird. [1][2]