Classic Football Shirts - On This Day in 2001 🗓️ Michael Owen won the 2001 Ballon d'Or! @themichaelowen became the first English player to win the prestigious award since Kevin Keegan won
![Michael Owen makes 'undeserving' Ballon d'Or claim after Mohamed Salah's seventh place - Liverpool Echo Michael Owen makes 'undeserving' Ballon d'Or claim after Mohamed Salah's seventh place - Liverpool Echo](https://i2-prod.liverpoolecho.co.uk/incoming/article22351676.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/0_GettyImages-1236944972.jpg)
Michael Owen makes 'undeserving' Ballon d'Or claim after Mohamed Salah's seventh place - Liverpool Echo
![Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/12/MESSI-RONALDO-BALLON-DOR-e1608042999677.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=1200&h=800&crop=1)
Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award
Michael Owen on Twitter: "Unofficial reports suggest Messi has scooped The Ballon D'Or once again at tonight's ceremony. Here's hoping an English player wins it next year after we win The Euro's
![Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2017, including Ronaldo, Messi and Owen – talkSPORT Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2017, including Ronaldo, Messi and Owen – talkSPORT](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/12/ballondor2001.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=700&quality=100)
Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2017, including Ronaldo, Messi and Owen – talkSPORT
![Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award – G3 Football Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award – G3 Football](https://i0.wp.com/talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/12/GettyImages-94332630.jpg?resize=960%2C717&ssl=1)
Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2021 as Lionel Messi beats Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho and Cristiano Ronaldo to top award – G3 Football
![Owen: “On my shirt it said Owen, but it wasn't 'Micheal Owen', it was torture” - www.diglogs.com/Colombia Owen: “On my shirt it said Owen, but it wasn't 'Micheal Owen', it was torture” - www.diglogs.com/Colombia](https://e00-marca.uecdn.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2021/12/18/16398169334317.jpg)
Owen: “On my shirt it said Owen, but it wasn't 'Micheal Owen', it was torture” - www.diglogs.com/Colombia
![That season put Liverpool back on the European map" – remembering 2001 with Michael Owen, England's last Ballon d'Or winner | FourFourTwo That season put Liverpool back on the European map" – remembering 2001 with Michael Owen, England's last Ballon d'Or winner | FourFourTwo](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PDoMYesAwhWXgXGaww9MRG-1200-80.jpg)
That season put Liverpool back on the European map" – remembering 2001 with Michael Owen, England's last Ballon d'Or winner | FourFourTwo
![Ballon d'Or 2021: Michael Owen: 'An absolute crime' if Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski doesn't win - Eurosport Ballon d'Or 2021: Michael Owen: 'An absolute crime' if Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski doesn't win - Eurosport](https://imgresizer.eurosport.com/unsafe/2560x0/filters:format(jpeg)/origin-imgresizer.eurosport.com/2021/11/19/3256280-66642868-2560-1440.jpg)