In 1988, Marco Van Basten won the first of his 3 Ballon D'or (European Footballer of the Year) awards. In second place and third place were Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard, respectively. All three players played for AC Milan at the time.
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Zinedine Zidane, followed by Luis Figo and Rivaldo. The full list of winners is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Player_of_the_Year#List_of_male_winners
The 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year is Lionel Messi, Argentina and Barcelona.
Second placed was Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal and Real Madrid). Third was Xavi (Spain and Barcelona)