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- European Footballer of the Year 1959 -

   Name  Country  Club
Pts.
1.
 Alfredo di Stefano  Spain [1]  Real Madrid
80
2.
 Raymond Kopa  France  Stade de Reims
42
3.
 John Charles  Wales  Juventus
24
4.
 Luis Suárez  Spain  FC Barcelona
22
5.
 Agne Simonsson  Sweden  Örgryte Göteborg
20
6.
 Lajos Tichy  Hungary  Honved Budapest
18
7.
 Ferenc Puskas  Hungary  Real Madrid
16
8.
 Francisco Gento  Spain  Real Madrid
12
9.
 Helmut Rahn  West Germany  1.FC Köln
11
10.  Horst Szymaniak  West Germany  Karlsruher SC
8
11.  Lev Yashin  Soviet Union  Dinamo Moscow
7
12.
 Yuri Voinov  Soviet Union  Spartak Moscow
5
13.
 Dezso Bundzsak  Hungary  Voros Lobogo
4
 Nils Liedholm  Sweden  AC Milan
4
 Gyula Grosics  Hungary  Tatabanya
4
 Ivan Kolev  Bulgaria  CDNA Sofia
4
17.
 Just Fontaine  France  Stade de Reims
3
 Georgi Naidenov  Bulgaria  CDNA Sofia
3
 Titus Bubernik  Czechoslovakia  Red Star Bratislava
3
20.
 Florian Albert  Hungary  Ferencváros
2
 
 Uwe Seeler  West Germany  Hamburger SV
2
 Joan Segarra  Spain  FC Barcelona
2
23.
 János Göröcs  Hungary  Ujpesti Dozsa
1
   Cliff Jones  Wales  Sunderland
1
   Roger Marche  France  Racing Club de Paris
1
 Antonio Ramallets  Spain  FC Barcelona
1
 


Alfredo di Stefano, had led Real Madrid to their fourth consequetive European Cup that year, beating Stade de Reims in the final. The Blonde Arrow scored 6 goals in the tournament, including one against Reims. It was the second time Di Stefano was voted European Player of the Year.

The result listed above was the outcome of a ballot held amongst a panel of football journalists organised by the magazine France Football, with one vote coming from each of the following 20 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia. The result was announced in France Football (December 15, 1959).


#1: Alfredo di Stefano was born in Argentina, and had previously made international appearances for Argentina and Columbia, but now played for Spain.



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