The results of this voting were published on France Football # 1916 (28 December 1982).
There were 26 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, 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. Paolo Rossi Italy Juventus 115 21 1 2 - - 24
2. Alain Giresse France Girondins Bordeaux 64 - 8 6 5 4 23 [see note]
3. Zbigniew Boniek Poland Juventus 53 - 7 5 4 2 18
4. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge West Germany Bayern Munich 51 - 7 4 4 3 18 [see note]
5. Bruno Conti Italy AS Roma 48 5 - 5 4 - 14
6. Rinat Dassaev Soviet Union Spartak Moskva 17 - 1 - 4 5 10
7. Pierre Littbarski West Germany FC Köln 10 - 1 1 1 1 4
8. Dino Zoff Italy Juventus 9 - - 2 1 1 4
9. Michel Platini France Juventus 5 - - - 1 3 4
10. Bernd Schuster West Germany FC Barcelona 4 - 1 - - - 1
11. Giancarlo Antognoni Italy Fiorentina 3 - - 1 - - 1
12. Bruno Pezzey Austria Eintracht Frankfurt 2 - - - 1 - 1
Gaetano Scirea Italy Juventus 2 - - - 1 - 1
Eric Gerets Belgium Standard Ličge 2 - - - - 2 2
15. Paul Breitner West Germany Bayern Munich 1 - - - - 1 1
Torbjörn Nilsson Sweden IFK Göteborg 1 - - - - 1 1
Walter Schachner Austria Cesena 1 - - - - 1 1
Marco Tardelli Italy Juventus 1 - - - - 1 1
Marius Tresor France Girondins Bordeaux 1 - - - - 1 1
Note: France-Football reports Giresse with 68 points and Rummenigge with 47.
After reviewing each voter’s vote, it seems that a 2nd place vote for Rummenigge was by mistake added to
Giresse’s count.
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