1 photo 6 ballon d’Or winners – it could have been more

Cristiano Ronaldo presented his 4th Ballon d’Or title to the the Bernabeu faithfuls yesterday before the kick-off of Madrid Liga tie against Granada, and he was joined by past ballon d’Or winners who played for Real Madrid.

Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2016 Ballon d’Or title with votes more than Messi and Griezmann combined who came 2nd and 3rd.

Real Madrid like Barcelona and AC Milan have had quite a number of ballon d’Or winners who have played for the club in the past and on the day Cristiano was presenting his 4th Ballon d’Or title to the Bernabeu faithfuls some of them were in attendance as few were unavoidably absent.

(From left) Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo, former football players French Raymond Kopa, British Michael Owen, Portuguese Luis Figo, Brazilian Ronaldo Nazario and Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane.Source:AFP

In the picture above there are 6 ballon d’or winners, 10 titles in total and it could have been more had Ricardo Kaka, Fabio Cannavaro and Alfredo di Stéfano were in attendance.

Raymond Kopa 1958

Luis Figo 2000

Michael Owen 2001

Zinedine Zidane 1998

Ronaldo De Lima 1997, 2002

Cristiano Ronaldo 2008,13,14,16

Fabio Cannavaro 2006

Ricardo Kaka 2007

Alfredo di Stéfano 1957,59