| LUKAMODRIC | Croatian footballer who won the Ballon d'Or in 2018 (4,6) |
| GEORGEBEST | Northern Irish Manchester United player who won the Ballon d'or in 1968 (6,4) |
| KEVINKEEGAN | Footballer who won the Ballon d'Or in 1978 and 1979 (5,6) |
| DENISLAW | Late Scottish footballer who won the Ballon d'Or in 1964 (5,3) |
| LUKA | Croatian footballer who in 2018 became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Ballon d'Or in more than a decade (4,6) |
| MODRIC | Croatian footballer who in 2018 became the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the Ballon d'Or in more than a decade (4,6) |
| CRUYFF | Dutch footballer who won the Ballon d'Or three times in the 1970s (6) |
| PLATINI | Michel ___, French footballer who won the Ballon d'Or three years in a row, 1983-85 |
| GIANNIRIVERA | Italian former footballer, awarded the Ballon d'Or in 1969, who became an MEP |
| DEMBELE | Who won the Ballon d'or award for men recently for 2025? (7,7) |
| OUSMANE | Who won the Ballon d'or award for men recently for 2025? (7,7) |
| AITANABONMATI | Who won the Ballon d'or award 2025 for women recently? (6,7) |
| PAOLOROSSI | Late footballer who won the Golden Boot at the 1982 World Cup |
| RONALDO | Cristiano ___ Portuguese soccer player who has won the Ballon d'Or trophy five times |
| MESSI | F.C. Barcelona star who has won the Ballon d'Or a record six times |
| KEVIN | ___ Keegan English former soccer player who has won the Ballon d'Or trophy two times |
| MICHEL | ___ Platini French former soccer player who has won the Ballon d'Or trophy three times |
| FRANZ | ___ Beckenbauer Dutch former soccer player who has won the Ballon d'Or trophy two times |
| OWEN | Who was the last English footballer to win the Ballon d'Or? (4) |
| ANTE | ___ Crnac, Croatian footballer who plays for Norwich (4) |
