Ousmane Dembélé has made historical past by successful the Ballon d’Or after his unimaginable season with PSG. An exquisite success for the adverse flip that his profession had taken at one level, which places the Frenchman within the legend of this sport.
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The rationale? Dembélé turns into the tenth in soccer historical past to have received the Champions League (2025), World Cup (2018) and certainly the Ballon d’Or.
LIONEL MESSI
Unmissable, after all, is Leo Messi: the Argentine document holder of Ballon d’Or wins and a number of Champions League winner entered this rating in 2022 due to the World Cup success together with his Argentina.
RICARDO KAKA’
The final Ballon d’Or winner earlier than Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi is a part of the ten belonging to this class. Ricardo Kakà received the Ballon d’Or in 2007, the Champions League with Milan in the identical 12 months, and the World Cup with Brazil in 2002.
RONALDINHO
A string of Brazilians belonging to the identical era: Ronaldinho in 2006, successful the Champions League with Barcelona, accomplished the trio began in 2002 with the World Cup and continued in 2005 with the Ballon d’Or.
RIVALDO
In 2003 it was Rivaldo’s flip: the Brazilian ace received the Champions League with Milan within the closing towards Juventus, including to the Ballon d’Or of 1999 and the World Cup received in 2002.
ZINEDINE ZIDANE
Zizou has enclosed his collective and particular person successes between 1998 (with the World Cup received with France and consequent Ballon d’Or) and 2002: when the enjoyment within the Champions got here with Actual Madrid due to his iconic aim within the closing with Bayer Leverkusen.
PAOLO ROSSI
Earlier than Zidane, to enter this Olympus of legends was the late Paolo Rossi. Pablito, hero of the 1982 World Cup which additionally earned him the Ballon d’Or of that 12 months, managed to win the Champions League, then Champions Cup, in 1985 with Juventus.
GERD MULLER
The German aim king accomplished his legendary trio in 1974 when each the Champions Cup and the World Cup arrived. All this was opened by the Ballon d’Or of 1970.
FRANZ BECKENBAUER
Comparable trajectory to colleague Muller for Kaiser Franz Beckenbauer: Champions Cup and World Cup in 1974 and Ballon d’Or in 1972.
BOBBY CHARLTON
The primary footballer to realize the feat of successful the World Cup, Champions League and Ballon d’Or was Bobby Charlton. The English legend received the World Cup and Ballon d’Or in 1966, closing every thing in 1968 with the Champions Cup received by Manchester United.
This text was translated into English by Synthetic Intelligence.
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