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Youngest winner of football’s (soccer’s) Ballon d’Or award

Youngest winner of football’s (soccer’s) Ballon d’Or award
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Who
Ronaldo
What
21:96 year(s):day(s)
Where
Not Applicable
When
23 December 1997

The youngest winner of football’s (soccer’s) Ballon d’Or award is Ronaldo (Brazil, b. 18 September 1976), aged 21 years 96 days on 23 December 1997.

Ronaldo had moved to Inter Milan in the 1997 close season off the back of a dazzling season for FC Barcelona, where he scored 47 goals in 49 games and won three cups. He received 222 votes in the Ballon d'Or – by comparison, Predrag Mijatović finished in second place with 68.