The Most Controversial Ballon d'Or Winners in History

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These players may be the greatest of all time, but somehow the Ballon Dor was never theirs...
Welcome to Nitro Football. The Ballon d'Or is the most prestigious individual award in football. Many of the greatest players of all time, like Messi and Ronaldo have many of them in their trophy cabinet. However, this award somehow escaped these amazing footballers.
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  • @whinybilly523
    @whinybilly523Ай бұрын

    i’m a messi fan but Nitro Football deserved the ballon d’or

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Finally someone with a little bit of sense

  • @victordk2874

    @victordk2874

    Ай бұрын

    I’m a Ronaldo fan but Ribéry was the best in 2013 I like to look at stats and titles who overall was better and honestly then as a Ronaldo fan I just can’t see how it’s fair Ronaldo not won in 2018 but then Messi can win 2019 or 2023 (not crying about it I think Messi is one of the all time great wish Ronaldo) the ballon dor system I just don’t get it sometimes also wish Ronaldo and not only Messi:)

  • @Editorfromrussia

    @Editorfromrussia

    Ай бұрын

    Yes​@@victordk2874

  • @kirbyspielt9999
    @kirbyspielt9999Ай бұрын

    I am so sad for lewandowski he deserves that so bad

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    😢

  • @ELYYT
    @ELYYTАй бұрын

    Marco Reus not winning the champions league is the actual disgrace 😢😢😢

  • @RenegadeYouTube

    @RenegadeYouTube

    Ай бұрын

    are you the same guys. you sound the same

  • @Kingwenshy

    @Kingwenshy

    Ай бұрын

    Yes ​@@RenegadeKZread

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    @@RenegadeKZreadyeah that’s me lol

  • @akiraman7664

    @akiraman7664

    Ай бұрын

    You have to win it to deserve it

  • @Meltedumbrella

    @Meltedumbrella

    Ай бұрын

    It’s isn’t

  • @cognition5744
    @cognition5744Ай бұрын

    Great stuff man👌🏾. Correction though: Chelsea vs Barcelona 2009 was the semi final and the Invincible season was 2003/04

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Ah i appreciate that! Sometimes I think I know things and don’t double check…I gotta start doing my research 😅

  • @NIDELLANEUM
    @NIDELLANEUMАй бұрын

    The "Henry should have won the Ballon d'Or in 2003-2004" is a clear case of "presentism" and recency bias, especially since fans ONLY use goal contributions to explain how he was better than Nedved and Shevchenko. Nowadays, after the Messi and Ronaldo era, fans act as if goal contributions are everything that matters when determining how good a player is (which is unfair for defenders and goalkeepers), but it wasn't a case 20 years ago. Look at 2002: Ronaldo had so little goal contriibutions that fans would feel like he only turned up at the World Cup, that's it. However, very few people would have argued about the decision of awarding him the Ballon d'Or.

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    It’s hard to fit the highlights of 2 players in 2003 into a 45 second segment

  • @DavidLucian

    @DavidLucian

    Ай бұрын

    Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho are by far my favorite living football legends, they are the reason I fell in love with football in the first place, they are part of my childhood... Henry should have won at least one or two ballon d'or in the 2003 and 2004 seasons, he was so unique and underrated back then, he was almost unstoppable and genuinely a very good all-rounder authentic player. ☯️✌️

  • @NIDELLANEUM

    @NIDELLANEUM

    Ай бұрын

    @@DavidLucian maybe he could have, but unfortunately Serie A was regarded as *the* best League back then, so Juventus and AC Milan were treated as the best teams in the World

  • @weihuatang171

    @weihuatang171

    Ай бұрын

    @@NIDELLANEUM in 2004 Serie A is the 3rd league in Euro.

  • @weihuatang171

    @weihuatang171

    Ай бұрын

    2002 ronaldo scored 8 goals(no penalty) in world cup and won the title, which was a big deal. The "excel football watchers" are barely messi fans because messi is so good and everything in terms of football, the only thing CR7 can compare with him is the goal stats so they(fans and medias) made up this stupid comparison to keep debating. If messi haven less stats lets say cut his goals and assists by half, he is still better than CR7.

  • @crvenasvetla
    @crvenasvetlaАй бұрын

    Not mentioning Griezmanns 2016 is a disgrace. He was one penalty shootout away from winning Ballon Dor, in a peak Messi-Ronaldo era when they were both still in their prime years. If he won UCL that season he wouldve 100% won it that year. Carried Atletico to the UCL final, carried France to the Euro final. Definition of underrated.

  • @kaiser-zj6ju

    @kaiser-zj6ju

    Ай бұрын

    grizzy genuinely one of my favourite players

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Griez is class

  • @Cio_d-borba
    @Cio_d-borbaАй бұрын

    The idea that Henry should have won the ballon d'or instead of Nedved is quite a new one and only really prevelent in english media. I remember in 2003, when Nedved got it, no one saw it as a robbery, as he was just that good. Great Video btw

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    That makes sense

  • @philtarpehdixon7441

    @philtarpehdixon7441

    Ай бұрын

    I saw the robbery in Henry not getting the Ballon D'Or

  • @Cio_d-borba

    @Cio_d-borba

    Ай бұрын

    @@philtarpehdixon7441 To each his own I guess. I think Henry wouldn't have been an undeserving winner, he had a great year. But failing in the group stage of the CL while not scoring in the matches that counted, combined with the fact that the Premier League wasn't close to the best League in the world probably sealed the deal for Nedved, who was crucial for Juventus in the serie A title race and the best field player of that CL season. Personally, I would have given that years Ballon d'or to Buffon though

  • @NIDELLANEUM

    @NIDELLANEUM

    Ай бұрын

    @@Cio_d-borba Nedved was so important in that Juventus team that, to this day, people still feel like his absence in the CL final is what actually costed Juventus the trophy

  • @Cio_d-borba

    @Cio_d-borba

    Ай бұрын

    @@NIDELLANEUM It might very well be true, with how he carried that team.

  • @austinefc
    @austinefcАй бұрын

    Wayne Rooney could have been a shout if he wasn't behind Messi and Ronaldo a few years. Love the vids!

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    What a player

  • @Phangib1
    @Phangib1Ай бұрын

    Best football channel

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks bro!

  • @peacegumbi7791
    @peacegumbi779117 күн бұрын

    You are awesome 👍,but advise you add in some editing mixing it up with highlights, that will get people more interested , they listen as they watch

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    16 күн бұрын

    I would love to more but it gets copyrighted when doing that a lot

  • @santageorge5984
    @santageorge5984Ай бұрын

    I know you're gonna become famous, so I subscribed in your 1st video itself. Keep up the good work❤❤

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Wow, thank you!

  • @zariflasker8006
    @zariflasker8006Ай бұрын

    Nice video mate👍🏻.

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks 👍

  • @DavidLucian
    @DavidLucianАй бұрын

    Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho are by far my favorite living football legends, they are the reason I fell in love with football in the first place, they are part of my childhood... Henry should have won at least one or two ballon d'or in the 2003 and 2004 seasons, he was so unique and underrated back then, he was almost unstoppable and genuinely a very good all-rounder authentic player. ☯️✌️

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Henry was special

  • @ya00007
    @ya00007Ай бұрын

    if vini doesn't win the ballon Dore, Im going to start up a youtube football channel to compete with you.

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Good luck my friend

  • @arseniiderkach4265
    @arseniiderkach4265Ай бұрын

    overall the whole Balllon d'or organisation is just unfair. It would be a bit better if they choose best in each role and just try to not give it to strikers almost every time

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    True about the forwards mostly winning

  • @soundsurg3on
    @soundsurg3onАй бұрын

    Something to remember is that the balon d’or in the messi Ronaldo era, is different to the time before. The world player of the year award is the equivalent in terms of prestige

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    I think ballon Dor is regarded much more highly

  • @roshnisingh6165
    @roshnisingh6165Ай бұрын

    All I can say is that the ballon d’or is a voted award, even Ronaldo said that

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    True

  • @Ravemann-py1vo
    @Ravemann-py1voАй бұрын

    this channel will be the best football channel one day

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    I hope so man!

  • @papapeli6272
    @papapeli6272Ай бұрын

    Great videos

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @bosself84
    @bosself84Ай бұрын

    Such good videos

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @guitar_genius
    @guitar_geniusАй бұрын

    Through out from 2008 to 2012, xavi and iniesta were holding it down for Barcelona and Spain. Championship after championship. And neither one gets it? That was crazy...

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    They were special

  • @delta2370

    @delta2370

    Ай бұрын

    They were competing with prime messi and one of ronaldo’s best years its incredibly unlucky.

  • @weihuatang171
    @weihuatang171Ай бұрын

    I still don't know how Shevchenko won 2004 ballon d'or. Milan was knock out in UCL top 8; UEFA Euro was handled and he sat in home watching it. The only thing he won was the league but the Seria A best player was Kaka, his teammate.

  • @weihuatang171

    @weihuatang171

    Ай бұрын

    And in 2004, Serie A was the 3rd best league in Euro(1st La Liga and 2nd EPL), what a joke

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    at least Kaka won one in 2008

  • @weihuatang171

    @weihuatang171

    Ай бұрын

    @@NitroFooty Kaka deserved this one surely, but in 2004 Deco is much better

  • @krispeekornflex
    @krispeekornflexАй бұрын

    it's a popularity award

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Maybe

  • @krispeekornflex

    @krispeekornflex

    Ай бұрын

    @@NitroFooty How are the recipients of the Ballon d'Or awards decided? For the Men's Ballon d'Or, 100 journalists from around the world, each representing a different country in the top ranked FIFA nations, are asked to choose five footballers from a 30-player shortlist, in descending order of merit.

  • @marcosalmeida7592
    @marcosalmeida7592Ай бұрын

    The arsenal invincible were in 03/04

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    My mistake

  • @tervenjames8305
    @tervenjames8305Ай бұрын

    They gave Messi 3 Ballondor unfairly where manny would say he should not win those years. Aginst VVD, Lewandowski and Halland. You could even make a argument for Neymar

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Who do you think is the greatest player ever?

  • @draza9000

    @draza9000

    Ай бұрын

    VVD was close to winning it but Messi was a little bit better in statistics,individual performance (56 goals,22 assists,Golden Shoe, Pichichi ,La liga Best Player, UCL top scorer ,UEFA Best Forward etc. Lewa in 2021 scored lots of goals in Bundesliga , was injured in UCL and could not qualify Poland from groupstages of EURO. Messi won Copa America as best player/top scorer and won Copa Del Rey with Barca. Halaand won treble , had incredible number of goals but was carried all the way in UCL. Messi won WC while being Best Player and carrying Argentina , also won two trophies with PSG.

  • @draza9000

    @draza9000

    Ай бұрын

    P.S If you wanna talk about Ballon d'Or given unfairly then u should mention the most unfaired one ( the 2013 Ballon d'Or ). Ribbery was a treble winner , Bundesliga Best Player , UEFA Best Player but somehow Ronaldo won it while being trophyless , he wasn't even La liga's best player in that year.

  • @drazaraza3895

    @drazaraza3895

    Ай бұрын

    @@NitroFooty Of course it's Messi. He is arguably the best dribbler/playmaker/scorer Football has ever seen.

  • @spursfan325

    @spursfan325

    Ай бұрын

    @@draza9000 winning Ligue 1 with PSG is like losing your virginity to a prostitute, VVD by miles deserves 2019, he locked Messi at Anfield, Messi deserved Golden Boot, and Pichichi Award and LaLiga best player, not The D'or. You are using goals to compare VVD and Messi

  • @andreichetan4694
    @andreichetan4694Ай бұрын

    Messi stoled 2. “ thats fine”

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    what

  • @diether1069

    @diether1069

    20 күн бұрын

    camel crying😂

  • @gregorio5543
    @gregorio5543Ай бұрын

    Nah this was just. Nedved was playing at a higher level

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Fair

  • @nikoleikuznezov
    @nikoleikuznezovАй бұрын

    Kroos should have won a Ballon d‘or

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Which one

  • @geningaming5657
    @geningaming5657Ай бұрын

    Underrated

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks man!

  • @samueltende5951
    @samueltende5951Ай бұрын

    Erling haaland

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    No I should’ve won that year

  • @borat-thefaxspitter9006
    @borat-thefaxspitter9006Ай бұрын

    Buffon would have won the Ballon d’or if only he left Juventus after it got relegated for match fixing

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Another case of loyalty over trophies

  • @borat-thefaxspitter9006

    @borat-thefaxspitter9006

    Ай бұрын

    @@NitroFooty absolute class

  • @Jasper7.0
    @Jasper7.0Ай бұрын

    bro 2023 Haaland?

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    No it should have been me

  • @H33333
    @H33333Ай бұрын

    I stopped taking the Ballon D'or seriously since 2016 tbh

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    weird time to stop

  • @H33333

    @H33333

    Ай бұрын

    @@NitroFooty I was just tired of seeing the same two names every Goddamn time man 😞

  • @fliipbookW
    @fliipbookWАй бұрын

    facts

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    No 🧢

  • @portteris
    @portteris14 күн бұрын

    smiechel needed tro win

  • @alansoccer30
    @alansoccer30Ай бұрын

    Erling haaland should’ve won it2023

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    No it should’ve been me

  • @AhmadAli-ii7gw
    @AhmadAli-ii7gwАй бұрын

    Messi dessert the Ballon d'Or

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    🍰 yum

  • @AhmadAli-ii7gw

    @AhmadAli-ii7gw

    Ай бұрын

    Can you say my nam Ahmed in your next video

  • @EditorPipz
    @EditorPipzАй бұрын

    W

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    W Pipz as always

  • @luketurkejones2976
    @luketurkejones2976Ай бұрын

    I was the first person to comment on this video

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks for having notifications on brother!

  • @Chandukuttanz
    @ChandukuttanzАй бұрын

    Hi bro, Best wishes to reach an insane amount of subs . I like your videos Can you pin me plz

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks bro! Next time 😉

  • @bfbsdmdgcxvgyfegyi
    @bfbsdmdgcxvgyfegyiАй бұрын

    please can you pin me

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    next time

  • @FedoraMan-Sports
    @FedoraMan-SportsАй бұрын

    The biggest disgrace is Real Madrid players celebrating in Marco Reus' face. I hope Real Madrid lose out in the league stage next year. But actually talking, this was another banger video. Keep it up

  • @NitroFooty

    @NitroFooty

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks for the kind words man!

  • @FedoraMan-Sports

    @FedoraMan-Sports

    Ай бұрын

    @@NitroFooty No problem, it's nice to see a new creator rise, especially a good one