Ranking the 5 greatest defenders who made the Ballon d'Or podium but failed to win
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Portrait of an icon: Paolo Maldini - Football365
Paolo Maldini: "Ballon d'Or should be awarded to the best player, not to who won more trophies without being a hero. Messi deserves it." : r/soccer
Paolo Maldini : Ballon d'Or, fils... Tout savoir sur la légende du Milan AC
Del Piero, Maldini, Totti, Raul should have won Ballon d'Or, says Ronaldo | SBS Sport
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Football Tweet ⚽ on X: "Ballon d'Or 2003 final standings: 🥇 Nedved 🇨🇿 🥈 Henry 🇫🇷 🥉 Maldini 🇮🇹 4️⃣ Shevchenko 🇺🇦 5️⃣ Zidane 🇫🇷 6️⃣ Van Nistelrooy 🇳🇱 7️⃣ Raul 🇪🇸
LiveScore - Players with the most Ballon d'Or nominations in history 🌍🔝 | Facebook
Why Didn't Paolo Maldini Ever Win The Ballon d'Or? | Goal.com US
The Greatest Players Never To Win The Ballon D'Or
Ballon d'Or - Wikipedia
Player Rating: Paolo Maldini got 91 rignt now, what's your rating of him?| All Football
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Football: Maldini slams Ballon d'Or over Buffon blunder — Sport — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News
Ballon d'Or 2022: How Champions League success impacts voting for France Football's annual award - Eurosport
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Ballon d'Or 'Dream Team' announced: Diego Maradona joins Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo in football- The New Indian Express
Maldini slams Ballon d'Or committee over Buffon snub | theScore.com
21 of the best quotes on Paolo Maldini: 'His soul belongs to Milan'
Maldini, Zidane, Kluivert, Hagi, Weah - the sons of legends making their own way - BBC Sport
Henry, Xavi, Maldini : Les 11 "presque Ballon d'Or" de l'histoire - Eurosport
LiveScore - 𝙁𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙂𝘼𝙋 ✍️ The best player to NEVER win... | Facebook
Ballon d'Or: Xavi, Maldini & Ribery feature in best XI of players never to win gong | OneFootball
