Claim: Zinedine Zidane is an award-winning football player.
Evidence: Zidane was named the FIFA World Player of the Year three times , in 1998 , 2000 and 2003 , and won the 1998 Ballon d'Or.
The Ballon d'Or -LRB- -LSB- balɔ̃ dɔʁ -RSB- ; `` Golden Ball '' -RRB- , is an annual association football award presented by France Football.
Conceived by sports writer Gabriel Hanot , the Ballon d'Or award honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year , based on voting by football journalists.