5 Oldest players to win the Ballon d'Or

#3 Alfredo di Stefano (1959; 33 years, 5 months and 11 days)

Di Stefano

Alfredo di Stefano is one of Real Madrid's greatest ever players and the Argentinian won the award two times in his wonderful career, the second of which came in 1959 when he was almost 34.

Currently the sixth-highest goalscorer in Spanish top-flight history, the striker is also the joint all-time top scorer in El Clasico's for Real Madrid, alongside Cristiano Ronaldo.

By picking up the award in 1959, he became the first player in history to win the Ballon d'Or twice and is sure to be remembered as one of the greatest goalscorers to play the game, he toyed with opposition defenders for fun on his day and set the benchmark for players in his position.

Alongside Ferenc Puskas, who has also gone down in the history books as one of the greats of the game, Di Stefano formed a lethal partnership and defined a new era for the Spanish club and laid the foundation for what the club is currently.

He died aged 88 in 2014 and tributes flew in from all corners of the footballing world, as they paid homage to one of the pioneers of the sport.