2001 Ballon d'Or

2001 Ballon d'Or
2001 Ballon d'Or winner Michael Owen in 2007
Date18 December 2001
Presented byFrance Football
Highlights
Won by Michael Owen (1st award)
Websitefrancefootball.fr/ballon-d-or

The 2001 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 Michael Owen on 18 December 2001.

Owen was the fourth English national to win the award after Stanley Matthews (1956), Bobby Charlton (1966) and Kevin Keegan (1978, 1979).

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