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1986 Ballon d'Or

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The 1986 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 Soviet forward Igor Belanov on 30 December 1986.[1] 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.[2] Belanov became the second Ukrainian national to win the award after Oleg Blokhin (1975).

Date30 December 1986
PresentedbyFrance Football
Won by
Soviet Union Igor Belanov (1st award)
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1986 Ballon d'Or
1986 Ballon d'Or winner, Igor Belanov in 2012
Date30 December 1986
Presented byFrance Football
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Soviet Union Igor Belanov (1st award)
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