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{{Short description|Annual association football award event in France}}

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| award1_type = Ballon d'Or| award1_winner = | award2_type = | award2_winner = | award3_type = | award3_winner = | award4_type = | award4_winner = | award5_type = | award5_winner = 1978 Ballon d'Or>1978| main = Ballon d'Or1980 Ballon d'Or>1980}}The 1979 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the English forward Kevin Keegan on 25 December 1979.WEB, 8 December 2013, Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1979 - Kevin Keegan,weblink 6 July 2020, France Football, There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.WEB, 1 May 2005, European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1979,weblink 6 July 2020, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, RSSSF,

Rankings{| class"wikitable"

!Rank!Name!Club(s)!Nationality!Points style="background-color: #FFF68F; font-weight: bold;"Kevin Keegan>{{flagiconHamburger SV>England}} 118|2|Karl-Heinz RummeniggeFRG}} Bayern MunichWest Germany}}|52|3|Ruud KrolNED}} AjaxNetherlands}}|41|4|Manfred KaltzFRG}} Hamburger SVWest Germany}}|27|5|Michel PlatiniFRA}} Saint-ÉtienneFrance}}|23|6|Paolo RossiITA}} PerugiaItaly}}|167|Trevor FrancisENG}} Nottingham ForestEngland}}13|Liam BradyENG}} ArsenalRepublic of Ireland}}9|Zbigniew BoniekPOL}} Widzew ŁódźPoland}}8|Zdeněk NehodaCZE}} Dukla PragueCzechoslovakia}}11|Kenny DalglishENG}} LiverpoolScotland}}7|Allan SimonsenESPFC Barcelona>BarcelonaDenmark}}13|Paul BreitnerFRG}} Bayern MunichWest Germany}}6|Kees KistNED}} AZ Netherlands}}15|Johnny RepFRA}} Saint-ÉtienneNetherlands}}5Tony Woodcock (footballer)>Tony WoodcockFRG}} 1. FC KölnEngland}}Hans Krankl>{{flagicon1977}} FC Barcelona>Austria}}|Safet SušićYUG}} FK SarajevoSFR Yugoslavia}}|19|Uli StielikeESPReal Madrid CF>Real MadridWest Germany}}|4Marius Trésor>{{flagiconOlympique de Marseille>Marseille{{flag| 321João Alves (footballer, born 1952)>João AlvesFRA}} Paris Saint-GermainPortugal}}2|Franco CausioITA}} JuventusItaly}}|Gordon McQueenENG}} Manchester UnitedScotland}}|René van de KerkhofNED}} PSV EindhovenNetherlands}}|Bruno PezzeyFRG}} Eintracht FrankfurtAustria}}|Simon TahamataNED}} AjaxNetherlands}}27|Juan Manuel AsensiESPFC Barcelona>BarcelonaSpain|1977}}1|Trevor BrookingENG}} West Ham UnitedEngland}}Ronnie Hellström>{{flagicon1. FC Kaiserslautern>Kaiserslautern{{flag|Sweden}}Hansi Müller>{{flagiconVfB Stuttgart>West Germany}}Antonín Panenka>{{flagiconBohemians 1905>Czechoslovakia}}Walter Schachner >{{flagiconFK Austria Wien>Austria Wien {{flag|Austria}}

References

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External links

• France Football Official Ballon d'Or page

{{Ballon d'Or recipients}}