Ballon d'Or Winners Quiz

Ronaldo and Messi. Pretty much sums up what I know of FIFA.

You mean CRISTIANO Ronaldo

I second that, the newer generation may not know about that, but what I like to call the "true" Ronaldo was a legend among men in its time.

Seems that the "Player of the Year" voters don't know anything else about FIFA, either.

Same here. I also got Beckham and Zidane (because of the head-butt thing). That's all. Nice getting credit for two Ronaldos when entering "Ronaldo," though. :D

I only remembered Beckham, but should have gotten Zidane - he comes up on these quizzes pretty often.

How could less people get Cristiano Ronaldo than Ronaldo??

They appear to have the same percentage right now.

If you try guess Cristiano Ronaldo you only get him. If you guess Ronaldo however you get both.

Great quiz. Could probably have got a few more bit of extra time.

Man, i did Zinedine instead of Zidane, i feel so stupid.

Don't feel like that, Zinedine is quite an uncommon first name and it's more impressive to know it than its last name if you're not from France or Spain.

Cristiano Ronaldo should be on for 2016 winner

Jari Olavi Litmanen, a f***ing legend for Ajax fans. I loved football because of that team and Celtic, and this guy is part of the lore. Some guys would say it's a shame that he is Finnish and didn't have the chance to be seen at international level, but he put Finland in the football map, and if you look at the resume of that country in qualifications, you can tell that it was no easy feat. The guy played into its 40s just for kicks. To have the honor of typing its name in the 3rd place of a Ballon d'Or ranking tell that football was something else before Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were in the topic of all conversations about this sport.

Besides that, I'm glad that France Football retook the rights for the trophy, because in my mind,albeit the fact that they created the trophy, they are more able at electing the soccer MVP of any given year than FIFA.

I'd tend to agree but, they did give the award to Michael Owen in 2001 and he wasn't even the best player at Liverpool at the time.

HOW DID NEUER COME (GOALKEEPER)

Or Oliver Khan...

Amazing goalkeepers.

Sneijder got robbed 2010

and robben got sneijdered

Please add 2017 winners (Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar)

Please update for 2018. Thanks!

I still don't think Modric was the best this year

It was more a honoring of his career, than of this particular year. Still good, that no Ronaldos or Messis won.

Not terribly surprised, considering how well Croatia was at the World Cup. Still Modric is a brilliant player, and a good toss-up from the usual.

can't believe zlatan isn't on here
and somehow sammer is, bleedin' disgrace that is.

Would just like to point out that gold is an incredibly silly material to make balloons out of.