That's how many Golden Towers could have won Maradona according to France Football

Young football fans can rightly ask the question, Why does Diego Armando Maradona never win Golden Ball? The explanation is simple: “France Football” accepted nominations for non-European players only in 1995, when the career of “Pibe de Oro” was in decline. The following year he was praised by “The award of Carrie “, but today, a few days after the death of the Argentinian, the French magazine wondered how much “Golden Lande” would have won if the price was open to all since his birth.

According to “Frankie Football”, the answer is two: 1986 (really won by Bellanov) in the year of the World Cup won with Argentina and 1990 (Matthaus) -- despite the final of the Lost World Cup in Italy (that year Naples led by Maradona captured Milan).

Continuing with reasoning, the French magazine also explained that if the price had been opened to all from the beginning, Pelée would have won seven of them between the late 1950s and the early 1960s: Brazilian (called French footballer of the century in 1999) had less competition in proportion to champions challenged Maradona.