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2000 Ballon d'Or
Annual association football award event in France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2000 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 Luís Figo on 19 December 2000.[1]
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2000 Ballon d'Or | ||||
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![]() 2000 Ballon d'Or winner Luís Figo in 2006 | ||||
Date | 19 December 2000 | |||
Presented by | France Football | |||
Website | francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or | |||
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Figo was the second Portuguese player to win the award after Eusébio (1965). He was also the third Real Madrid player to win the trophy after Alfredo Di Stéfano (1957, 1959) and Raymond Kopa (1958).[2]