Twenty-four years after Zinedine Zidane’s coronation, Karim Benzema became the fifth French player in history to win the Ballon d’Or on October 17.
The Real Madrid captain is ahead of Sadio Mané (Liverpool then Bayern Munich) and joins the legends of football, Cristiano Ronaldo, Michel Platini, Jean-Pierre Papin … and his mentor Zinedine Zidane.
