| GEORGEBEST | Northern Irish Manchester United player who won the Ballon d'or in 1968 (6,4) |
| GREGG | Harry _, Northern Irish Manchester United goal keeper who survived the Munich air disaster in 1958 (5) |
| KEANE | Roy -, Irish Manchester United midfield legend (5) |
| LUKAMODRIC | Croatian footballer who won the Ballon d'Or in 2018 (4,6) |
| 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) |
| ZINEDINE | Footballer who won the Ballon d'Or in 1998 (8,6) |
| ZIDANE | Footballer who won the Ballon d'Or in 1998 (8,6) |
| CRUYFF | He won the Ballon d'or in 1971, 1973, and 1974. (6) |
| 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) |
| BEST | Manchester United player who was voted European Footballer Of The Year in 1968, George ... |
| PLATINI | Michel ___, French footballer who won the Ballon d'Or three years in a row, 1983-85 |
| MEGAN | Rapinoe who won the Ballon d'Or Feminin in 2019 |
| INCE | Manchester United player who in 1994 became the first black footballer to captain England (4) |
| JOSHUAZIRKZEE | Manchester United player who scored the first goal of the 2024-25 Premier League season (6,7) |
| GEORGE | Former Northern Ireland and Manchester United player who died in 2005 (6,4) |
| 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) |
