The FIFA Best player of the year award was just concluded with the Polish and Bayern Munich record breaker claiming the award as the FIFA mens Best player for the year 2021 . The Polish striker defeated Lionel Messi and Mohammed Salah to record his 2nd FIFA Best award

The Balon D'or was also awarded a couple of months ago in November and the winner of that award went to the legendary Lionel Messi, with the second position going to the pole and 3rd went to double winner ( champions league and European cup) chelsea's Jorginho ... claiming his 7th Balon d'or

They have been arguments and counter arguments on who deserves it more and also about the award that is more prestigious...

HISTORY AND CONTROVERSY

The first ever Balon D'or was awarded to the late Sir Stanley Matthews in 1956 by A French football magazine based in France, over the years it was only won by Europeans , it was basically known as the European awards . In 1991 FIFA created its own award for outstanding players and it was called The FIFA world player of the year award with Lothar Matthäus winning the inaugural award .. So they were 2 awards that were given yearly ...Balon d'or started awarding non Europeans in 1995 and George Weah was the first non European to get the Balon d'or award, that was because they were already loosing credibility and interest from football lovers and that was because FIFA awarded 94 to Brazilian Romario, while Balon dor awarded Hristo Stiochkov of Bulgaria in the same year of 94. FiFa had taken total control of the award as Balon d'or was viewed as an European award or consolation award. Zinedine Zidane only won one Balon D'or Ronaldinho also won only one and Ronaldo de Lima only won 2 , the three balon dor we usually credit both players( Zidane and Ronaldo de Lima) with , were actually awards they won under FIFA Player of the year award, thats why players like Michael Owen, Andriy Shevchenko and Pavel Nedved that also won balon dor are not really recognised, thats because those were the same years Luis Figo, Zidane and Ronaldinho won the FIFA player of the year Award ... Lionel Messi was the last to win the FIFA player of the year award in 2009 before they merged in 2010 ... when they merged , that was when prestige and Glamour was attached to Balon D'or, and again being that FIFA adopted Balon D'ors golden ball plaque .... FIFA detached from Balon D'or in 2016 after Blatter was expelled cos they believed that decision of merging both was wrong ...

The FIFA Best Awards are voted by coaches and team captains of football nations under FIFA, while the Balon d'or is voted by journalists that are selected in nations under the governing body


These are the winners of FIFA player award since 91

1991 Lothar Matthäus Inter Milan

1992 Marco van Basten AC Milan

1993 Roberto Baggio Juventus

1994 Romário Barcelona

1995 George Weah AC Milan

1996 Ronaldo Barcelona

1997 Ronaldo Inter Milan

1998 Zinedine Zidane Juventus

1999  Rivaldo Barcelona

2000 Zinedine Zidane Juventus

2001 Luís Figo Real Madrid

2002 Ronaldo Real Madrid

2003 Zinedine Zidane Real Madrid

2004 Ronaldinho Barcelona

2005 Ronaldinho Barcelona

2006 Fabio Cannavaro Real Madrid

2007 Kaká ACMilan

2008 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United

2009 Lionel Messi Barcelona

2016 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid

2017 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid

2018 Luka modric Real Madrid

2019 Lionel Messi Barcelona

2020 Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich

2021 Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich

These are the winners of Balon D'or award since 91

1991: Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille)
1992: Marco van Basten (AC Milan)
1993: Roberto Baggio (Juventus)
1994: Hristo Stoichkov (Barcelona)
1995: George Weah (AC Milan)
1996: Matthias Sammer (Borussia Dortmund)
1997: Ronaldo (Internazionale)
1998: Zinedine Zidane (Juventus)
1999: Rivaldo (Barcelona)
2000: Luis Figo (Real Madrid)
2001: Michael Owen (Liverpool)
2002: Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2003: Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
2004: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)
2005: Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2006: Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid)
2007: Kaka (Milan)
2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
2009: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2010: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2011: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2012: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2013: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2014: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2015: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2016: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2017: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
2018: Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
2019: Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
2020: Cancelled because of Covid-19
2021: Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain)

Now let's gather and give our verdict on the award thats more prestigious, The Balon D'or or FIFA Best player
Below images are the 97 player of the year held by Ronaldo
1998 held by winner Zidane standing with Ronaldo and Davor Suker
2001 held by winner Luis Figo with David Beckham and Raul Gonzalez
2004 Ronaldinho, 2016 Cristiano Ronaldo and the present new trophy held by modric in 2018

In this era of football, the Balon d'or is the most coveted, so it takes the crown.

Naija D’or

we all know its ballon d or, all players are dieing to kiss dt golden ball and I know of a player dt already gat 5 bt still wana win more n dts why he do throw tantrums wenever he sees his rival winning more..
even lewi would happily trade his 2 fifa award for just one balloon d or bcox its d most prestigious award.
na only haters n hypocrites go tink otherwise n some go even say dubai d or is bigger bcoz dey are pained dt messi is ahead, but wen dier man win d next one, d story go change....dts life for u

Mariangeles:
In this era of football, the Balon d'or is the most coveted, so it takes the crown.

yeah.....dts the simple fact dt all players l, coaches n even fans knows right from its inception but this days, sentiments av allowed some shallow minds to think dt the best us bigger simply bcox it doesn't favor their team or their player again.
we all cant debunk the fact dt wen it comes to individual brilliance, ballon d or is the benchmark used in rating players BT its too bad dt some greats aint Lucky to win d award..
I remember wen naija music fans were blasting Grammys dt it is trash bcox we hardly get nominated n win any but now dt wizzy n burner av won, see as we de carry Grammy for head whenever we want troll other African stars . dts life for u..

For me football is more than just a game. I'm very passionate about everything related to football. It's really very interesting. Recently I was interested in Soccer positions, did you know about it? It turned out that this is a whole system, where each number means something specific. In general, lately I've been reading articles like this all the time.

Ballondor is much more prestigious than Fifa Best. Some people are not even aware of when Fifa best will be done.
By History and precedents, Ballondor is more recognised even by the onlookers.

Any narration contrary to this is futile for what is valued is valued no matter the tantrums.

Dem both awards are prestigious..


FIFA just trying to balance Up things after realising they gave the ballon d’or to the wrong player..

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Balloon D'Or of course.

Used to be FIFA World Best Player and then Ballon D'Or for European Best Player.

End of thread.

At this stage where other countries are breaking grounds in science and technology, an old criminal is still using payment of WAEC fee to campaign. Seeing some idiots cheering him means that there is a percentage of young people that are totally brainless and who can be termed condemned fools in this country

Why op didn't add Messi picture?

That's unfair..

Balloon D'or anyday anytime twice on my birthday.
I rep January 19th...
Happy birthday to me

It's now the Ballon dor undoubtedly.

Before Ballon dor used to be synonymous with European footballer of the year. But since the merger of Ballondor and Fifa the best in 2010 and the split in 2016, the Ballon dor holder is now considered as the world best player.

Ever wondered why CR a few years ago said his life ambition was to win Seven Ballon Dors and not seven Fifa WPOTY.

Ever wondered why Evra and co were raising awareness about Balon dor weeks to the ceremony but many players did not even make any preamble reference prior to the Best?

Ever wondered why Lewandoski and pundits were crying he had never won Ballon dor in his career even though he won Fifa the best in 2020. Why do you think other players were consoling him for not winning Ballon dor in 2020 even though he won the Best award same year? It's because they knew he missed out on the biggest prize during the pandemic.

Ever wondered why awareness for Ballon dor on Nairaland started months to the event with several threads prior to the d-day but for the best, the thread even came to FP after the event had ended. You think it's a coincidence?

fifa best
balon dor is just a French magazine award and has no right to determine the best player.
any country can also organize their awards.

But in all fifa best remains the most prestigious award in the world of football.
because it's the award organised by the world body of football.
They hardly get controversial and they almost get it right every time unlike balon d'Or.
told someone that there's no right thinking football body that'll pick Messi over lewy football achievement and fifa proved me right.
balon d'Or just wanted to cash out on Messi brand hence the award and the phantom new best striker award to lewy as compensation.
they're Afterall a magazine company so profit should be the priority.

the thing is that balon dor has more publicity than fifa best.

comparing balon dor to fifa best is like comparing Pes football game to fifa football game.

If you ask me na who I go ask?

Ok

Damnnn niggarrrr

I know Penaldo fans will say fifa is the most prestigious

When Ronaldo 2018 ballon d'or award was given to Modric, that's when these awards lost their credibility

Also, these award organizers have lowkey shown they are Messi fans. Scam awards

the Ballon dor was a better award until it became corrupt and only handed to those the governing body love ...bt the FIFA award z now d real deal who check out stat and give d award to who truly deserve it(lawandowski) truth be told the FIFA award z actually bigger than Ballon dor ..cus Ballon dor z just a France football award

Goan ask your grandfather

Nah joke o

I think it's buhari dior

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I think it's FIFA Best Player. Balon'dor is an award organised be a magazine company, we have many magazine companies even in France, what if a media house in France or Spain or Italy decides to organize their own best player award...

oyatainer:
Ballondor is much more prestigious than Fifa Best. Some people are not even aware of when Fifa best will be done.
By History and precedents, Ballondor is more recognised even by the onlookers.

Any narration contrary to this is futile for what is valued is valued no matter the tantrums.

Succinctly stated. Thread closed.

In recent history Balon D'or has always been seen to not award the most deserving player. Just imagine, Ronaldinho was awarded only one Balon D'or throughout his career while Messi has been awarded seven.

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggarrrr

isoright

Hmm

The OP is just obsessed with Messi and Ronaldo argument else he wouldn't have asked this question.

I see a pained somebody because Messi has 7 Ballon D'or

I think it's FIFA cos it's a global body unlike Balon d'or that is a French award. FIFA covers more jurisdiction compared to others