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 third Soviet and the second Ukrainian national to win the award after Lev Yashin (1963) and Oleg Blokhin (1975).
| 1986 Ballon d'Or | |
|---|---|
 1986 Ballon d'Or winner Igor Belanov in 2012 | |
| Date | 30 December 1986 |
| Presented by | France Football |
| Website | francefootball.fr/ballon-d-or |
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Notes and references
edit- ^ "Palmarès Ballon d'Or - 1986 - Igor Belanov". France Football. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1986". RSSSF. 26 March 2005. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
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