Van Basten awarded
NZPA-AFP Paris The Dutch soccer international, Marco Van Basten, has been named European footballer of the year and awarded the “Ballon d’Or” by the weekly magazine “France Football.” Van Basten’s Dutch and Milan AC colleagues, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard, came second and third. Van Basten has already been named the world footballer of the year by the magazine “World Soccer.” France Football top 10 players: Marco Van Basten (Netherlands) Milan AC 129 pts 1; Ruud Gullit (Netherlands) Milan AC 88, 2; Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands) Milan AC 45, 3; Alexei Mikhailitchenko (U.S.S.R.) Dynamo Kiev 41, 4; Ronald Koeman (Netherlands) PSV Eindhoven 39, 5; Lothar Matthaus (W. Germany) Inter Milan 10, 6; Gianluca Vialli (Italy) Sampdoria 7,7; Franco Baresi (Italy) Milan AC, 8; Jurgen Klinsmann (W. Germany) Stuttgart, 9; Alexandre Zavarov (U.S.S.R.) Juventus, 10.
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