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Top 3 Non-European Ballon d’Or Nominees per Season

Can you name the top 3 nominees from outside Europe for each year of the Ballon d’Or?
NB: 1st, 2nd and 3rd relates to their rank among the non-European nominees and not the overall award
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1995
1st
George Weah
Liberia
2nd
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina
3rd
Finidi George
Nigeria
 
 
 
1998
1st
Ronaldo
Brazil
2nd
Rivaldo
Brazil
3rd
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina
 
 
 
2001
1st
Rivaldo
Brazil
2nd
Hernán Crespo
Argentina
Juan Sebastián Verón
Argentina
3rd
Giovane Élber
Brazil
Roberto Carlos
Brazil
 
2004
1st
Ronaldinho
Brazil
2nd
Adriano
Brazil
3rd
Samuel Eto'o
Cameroon
Kaká
Brazil
 
 
 
2007
1st
Kaká
Brazil
2nd
Lionel Messi
Argentina
3rd
Didier Drogba
Argentina
 
 
 
2010
1st
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2nd
Diego Forlán
Uruguay
3rd
Didier Drogba
Ivory Coast
 
 
 
2013
1st
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2nd
Neymar
Brazil
2nd
Radamel Falcao
Colombia
 
 
 
2016
1st
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2nd
Luis Suárez
Uruguay
3rd
Neymar
Brazil
 
 
 
2019
1st
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2nd
Sadio Mané
Senegal
3rd
Mohamed Salah
Egypt
1996
1st
Ronaldo
Brazil
2nd
Nwankwo Kanu
Nigeria
3rd
George Weah
Liberia
 
 
 
1999
1st
Rivaldo
Brazil
2nd
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina
3rd
Juan Sebastián Verón
Argentina
 
 
 
2002
1st
Ronaldo
Brazil
2nd
Roberto Carlos
Brazil
3rd
Rivaldo
Brazil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2005
1st
Ronaldinho
Brazil
2nd
Adriano
Brazil
3rd
Kaká
Brazil
 
 
 
 
 
 
2008
1st
Lionel Messi
Brazil
2nd
Kaká
Argentina
3rd
Emmanuel Adebayor
Togo
 
 
 
2011
1st
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2nd
Luis Suárez
Uruguay
3rd
Diego Forlán
Uruguay
 
 
 
2014
1st
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2nd
Neymar
Brazil
3rd
James Rodríguez
Colombia
 
 
 
2017
1st
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2nd
Neymar
Brazil
3rd
Edinson Cavani
Uruguay
 
 
 
2020
Ballon d'or not awarded
1997
1st
Ronaldo
1997
2nd
Roberto Carlos
Brazil
3rd
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina
 
 
 
2000
1st
Rivaldo
Brazil
2nd
Gabriel Batistuta
Argentina
3rd
Roberto Carlos
Brazil
 
 
 
2003
1st
Roberto Carlos
Brazil
2nd
Ronaldo
Brazil
3rd
Dida
Brazil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2006
1st
Ronaldinho
Brazil
2nd
Samuel Eto'o
Cameroon
3rd
Didier Drogba
Ivory Coast
 
 
 
 
 
 
2009
1st
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2nd
Samuel Eto'o
Uruguay
3rd
Kaká
Brazil
 
 
 
2012
1st
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2nd
Radamel Falcao
Colombia
3rd
Didier Drogba
Ivory Coast
 
 
 
2015
1st
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2nd
Neymar
Brazil
3rd
Luis Suárez
Uruguay
 
 
 
2018
1st
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2nd
Mohamed Salah
Egypt
3rd
Neymar
Brazil
 
 
 
2021
1st
Lionel Messi
Argentina
2nd
Mohamed Salah
Egypt
3rd
Neymar
Brazil
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