Six times English players won Ballon d’Or.
Six times English players won Ballon d’Or Harry Kane has joined an exclusive group of English footballers to have won the prestigious Ballon d’Or, becoming the fifth Englishman to claim the men’s award after his remarkable 2025/26 campaign with Bayern Munich and England.
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By Enitan Abdultawab Harry Kane has joined an exclusive group of English footballers to have won the prestigious Ballon d’Or, becoming the fifth Englishman to claim the men’s award after his remarkable 2025/26 campaign with Bayern Munich and England.
The England captain scored 73 goals for club and country last season, ending a 25-year wait for an English winner following Michael Owen’s triumph in 2001. Here are the English players who have won the Ballon d’Or and the years they claimed football’s prestigious individual honour. Sir Stanley Matthews (1956) The legendary Blackpool winger became the first-ever Ballon d’Or winner when he received the award in 1956. Known for his exceptional dribbling skills and ability to beat defenders, Matthews made history at the age of 41, a record that still makes him the oldest winner of the award.
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