Players born in Ukraine and Russia have won the Ballon d'Or

 Players born in Ukraine and Russia have won the Ballon d'Or

Ukraine has many players who have won the European Golden Ball, in which former striker Andriy Shevchenko impressed when playing for AC Milan.

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Andriy Shevchenko won the 2004 European Ballon d'Or for his impressive performance for AC Milan. The striker with the nickname "European antelope" stands out with the ability to score with both feet and extremely good speed. The striker born in 1976 scored 175 goals in 322 matches for Milan and is one of the beloved legends in the history of the red and black striped team.

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Born in Dvirkivshchyna, a village 130 km east of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sheva was among the people who were displaced by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The 2004 European Golden Ball made a great contribution to Ukraine's first visit. She started attending the World Cup in 2006. Euro 2012 was Sheva's last major tournament before retiring from the national team. Shevchenko played 111 games for Ukraine, scoring 48 goals and captaining the national team between 2002 and 2012.

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Igor Belanov won the European Golden Ball in 1986 after playing prominently in the 1986 World Cup with the Soviet Union and winning the European Cup with Dynamo Kyiv. Belanov's biggest mark was the hat-trick in the Soviet Union's 3-4 defeat to Belgium in the round of 16 of the world cup in Mexico.

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Born in Odessa, today's popular tourist city of Ukraine, Belanov had his peak career with Dynamo Kyiv. The striker born in 1960 once went to Germany to play for M'Gladbach but did not achieve too much success. In the colors of the Soviet Union, Belanov played 33 matches, scoring 8 goals. In 2018, Belanov became a member of the strategic development council of the Ukrainian Football Federation.

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Oleg Blokhin won the European Ballon d'Or in 1975. As the player with the most caps for the USSR national team of all time with 112 times, Blokhin is considered one of the best strikers in Eastern European football ever produced. Born in Kyiv, Blokhin was the first Ukrainian player to win the European Ballon d'Or.

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Blokhin played for the Soviet Union from 1972 to 1988, participating in two World Cups 1982 and 1986. Blokhin's most prominent playing time was in Dynamo Kyiv's shirt. He scored 236 goals in 513 games for this team and is the greatest scorer in the history of the club.