The results of this voting were published on France Football # 1812 (30 December 1980).
There were 25 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.
The columns are: Position Name of Player Name of Club Nationality Total Number of Points 1P = First Places 2P = Second Places 3P = Third Places 4P = Fourth Places 5P = Fifth Places Votes = Number of Voters who nominated this player
Pos Player Country Club Total 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P Votes
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1. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany Bayern Munich 122 24 - - 1 - 25
2. Bernd Schuster West Germany FC Barcelona 34 1 3 3 3 2 12
3. Michel Platini France AS Saint-Etienne 33 - 3 4 2 5 14
4. Wilfred Van Moer Belgium Beveren 27 - 4 2 2 1 9
5. Jan Ceulemans Belgium KV Brugge 20 - 3 1 2 1 7
6. Horst Hrubesch West Germany Hamburger SV 18 - 1 2 4 - 7
7. Herbert Prohaska Austria Internazionale 14 - 2 2 - - 4 [see note]
8. Liam Brady Eire Juventus 11 - 2 1 - - 3
Hansi Müller West Germany VfB Stuttgart 11 - 1 2 - 1 4
10. Manfred Kaltz West Germany Hamburger SV 10 - - 2 2 - 4
11. Erwin Vandenbergh Belgium Lierse 9 - 2 - - 1 3
Dino Zoff Italy Juventus 9 - 1 1 1 - 3
Luis Arconada Spain Real Sociedad 9 - - 2 - 3 5
14. Kenny Dalglish Scotland Livepool 5 - - 1 - 2 3
Bruno Pezzey Austria Eintracht Frankfurt 5 - - - 2 1 3 [see note]
16. Viv Anderson England Nottingham Forest 4 - 1 - - - 1
Francesco Graziani Italy Torino 4 - 1 - - - 1
Terry McDermott England Liverpool 4 - 1 - - - 1
Ruud Krol Netherlands Napoli 4 - - - 2 - 2
20. Manuel Bento Portugal Benfica 3 - - 1 - - 1
Ladislav Vizek Czechoslovakia Dukla Praha 3 - - 1 - - 1
22. Frank Arnesen Denmark Ajax 2 - - - 1 - 1
David O’Leary Eire Arsenal 2 - - - 1 - 1
Antonin Panenka Czechsolovakia Bohemians Praha 2 - - - 1 - 1
Vladimir Petrovic Yugoslavia Crvena Zvezda 2 - - - 1 - 1
Zbigniew Boniek Poland Widzew Lodz 2 - - - - 2 2
27. Giancarlo Antognoni Italy Fiorentina 1 - - - - 1 1
Alessandro Altobelli Italy Internazionale 1 - - - - 1 1
Trevor Francis England Nottingham Forest 1 - - - - 1 1
Zdenek Nehoda Czechoslovakia Dukla Praha 1 - - - - 1 1
Marcel Raducanu Romania Steaua Bucarest 1 - - - - 1 1
Peter Shilton England Nottingham Forest 1 - - - - 1 1
Note: France-Football reports Prohaska with 16 points and Pezzey with 3 points (It seems that a 4th place vote for Pezzey was
mistakenly given to Prohaska).
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