Golden Ball list revealed
Real Madrid places 7 players on list of 50 candidates

November 10, 1998
CNN/SI

Player (club, nationality)

Tony Adams (Arsenal, England)
Roberto Baggio (Bologna, Inter Milan, Italy)
Fabien Barthez (Monaco, France)
Gabriel Batistuta (Fiorentina, Argentina)
David Beckham (Manchester United, England)
Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal, Netherlands)
Oliver Bierhoff (Udinese, Milan, Germany)
Laurent Blanc (Marseille, France)
Zvonimir Boban (Milan, Croatia)
Fabio Cannavaro (Parma, Italy)
Edgar Davids (Milan, Juventus, Netherlands)
Frank de Boer (Ajax, Netherlands)
Ronald de Boer (Ajax, Netherlands)
Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus, Italy)
Denilson (São Paulo, Real Betis, Brazil)
Marcel Desailly (Milan, Chelsea, France)
Didier Deschamps (Juventus, France)
Tore Andre Flo (Chelsea, Norway)
Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid, Spain)
Adrian Ilie (Valencia, Romania)
Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, Italy)
Robert Jarni (Real Betis, Real Madrid, Croatia)
Brian Laudrup (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Michael Laudrup (Ajax, Denmark)
Bixente Lizarazu (Bayern Munich, France)
Luis Enrique (Barcelona, Spain)
Nikos Mahlas (Vitesse Arnhem, Greece)
Predrag Mijatovic (Real Madrid, Yugoslavia)
Hidetoshi Nakata (Perugia, Japan)
Pavel Nedved (Lazio, Czech Republic)
Sunday Oliseh (Ajax, Nigeria)
Ariel Ortega (Valencia, Sampdoria, Argentina)
Marc Overmars (Arsenal, Netherlands)
Michael Owen (Liverpool, England)
Gianluca Pagliuca (Inter Milan, Italy)
Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal, France)
Raul Gonzalez (Real Madrid, Spain) 
Rivaldo (Barcelona, Brazil) 
Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid, Brazil) 
Ronaldo (Inter Milan, Brazil) 
Marcelo Salas (River Plate, Lazio, Chile) 
David Seaman (Arsenal, England) 
Clarence Seedorf (Real Madrid, Netherlands) 
Andrei Shevchenko (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine) 
Davor Suker (Real Madrid, Croatia) 
Lilian Thuram (Parma, France) 
Juan Veron (Sampdoria, Parma, Argentina) 
Christian Vieri (Atletico Madrid, Lazio, Italy) 
Ivan Zamorano (Inter Milan, Chile) 
Zinedine Zidane (Juventus, France)
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