8 players who have won the Ballon d’Or, FIFA World Cup and UEFA Champions League

#5 Zinedine Zidane

Zidane is the last European player to win all three awards in question

When Zinedine Zidane took over as manager of Real Madrid halfway through the 2015/16 season, many feared it would ultimately tarnish his legacy as a player because it is one of the toughest jobs in football. However, he has only enhanced his reputation after winning 9 trophies including a hat-trick of UEFA Champions League trophies.

That being said, Zidane as a player was no less and is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time.

The Ballon d’Or was an award initially given only to European players and Zidane is the last European player or to be more accurate, the last non-Brazilian player to win the FIFA World Cup, Ballon d’Or and Champions League.

The Frenchman won the FIFA World Cup with France in 1998 and scored two goals in the final against the defending champions, Brazil. Before the World Cup, he won the Scudetto with Juventus and as a result of an excellent year for both club and country, he won the Ballon d’Or in 1998.

During his time with Juventus, the club reached two Champions League finals and lost them both. It was ultimately with Real Madrid in 2002 that he finally won the Champions League. In the final against Bayern Leverkusen, he scored one of the greatest goals of all time!