10 Footballers with most individual awards in world football

#5 Zinedine Zidane (France) - 4 awards

Zinedine Zidane looks at the 1998 FIFA World Cup Trophy

With four individual awards to his name, Zinedine Zidane comes at the fourth place. One of the finest midfielders to ever grace the game, Zidane was known for his silky ball control and sublime passing. A potent goalscorer, he has 156 goals to his name in 792 appearances for club and country.

The Former Juventus and Real Madrid legend won the Serie A in 1996-97 and 1997-98 and Supercoppa Italiana in 1997 with the Turin club. In 1998, a brilliant club season followed by France's first World Cup triumph on their home soil would propel him to his first and only Ballon d'Or and the first of his three FIFA World Player of the Year awards in 1998. He scored two goals in the final of that World Cup. Another FIFA World Player of the Year award would follow in 2000 when he helped France to the UEFA Euro 2000 title.

However, it was at Real Madrid, where he enjoyed European success. In his first season with the Spanish club, he won the 2001-02 UEFA Champions League, scoring a volley in the final which is considered to be the greatest goal scored in the competition. In the next season, he won LaLiga which led him to this third FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2003. In total, he won 6 trophies with Los Blancos and ended his club career with Madrid in 2006.

Award Details

Ballon d'Or: 1998

FIFA World Player of the Year (3): 1998, 2000, 2003