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.
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.
and somehow sammer is, bleedin' disgrace that is.