Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgarian: Христо Стоичков , ] ; born 8 February 1966) is a Bulgarian former footballer who is currently a football commentator for Univision Deportes.
 A prolific forward, he is regarded as one of the best players of his generation and is widely considered the greatest Bulgarian footballer of all-time.
 He was runner-up for the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 1992 and 1994, and received the Ballon d'Or in 1994.
 In 2004, Stoichkov was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.
Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish, MBE (born 4 March 1951) is a Scottish former footballer and manager.
 In a career spanning 22 years, he played for Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both.
 He is Scotland's most capped player of all time with 102 appearances, and also Scotland's joint-leading goal scorer, with 30 goals.
 Dalglish won the Ballon d'Or Silver Award in 1983, the PFA Player of the Year in 1983, and the FWA Footballer of the Year in 1979 and 1983.
 In 2009 "FourFourTwo" named Dalglish as the greatest striker in post-war British football, and in 2006 he topped a Liverpool fans' poll of "100 Players Who Shook the Kop".
 He has been inducted into both the Scottish and English Football Halls of Fame.
Franz Anton Beckenbauer (] ; born 11 September 1945) is a German former professional footballer and manager.
 Early in his playing career he was nicknamed "Der Kaiser" ("The Emperor") because of his elegant style, dominance and leadership on the field, and also as his first name "Franz" is reminiscent of the Austrian emperors.
 He is widely regarded to be one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.
 A versatile player who started out as a midfielder, Beckenbauer made his name as a central defender.
 He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper or "libero".
Roberto Baggio (] ; born 18 February 1967) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, or as an attacking midfielder, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions.
 He is the former president of the technical sector of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC).
 A technically gifted, creative playmaker and a set piece specialist renowned for his curling free-kicks and goalscoring, Baggio is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all-time.
 In 1999, he came fourth in the FIFA Player of the Century internet poll, and was chosen on the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002.
 In 1993, he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or.
 In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100, a list of the world's greatest living players.
Paolo Rossi (] ; born 23 September 1956) is a former Italian professional footballer, who played as a forward.
 In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot as top goalscorer, and the Golden Ball for the player of the tournament.
 Rossi is one of only three players to have won all three awards at a World Cup, along with Garrincha in 1962, and Mario Kempes in 1978.
 Rossi was also awarded the 1982 Ballon d'Or as the European Footballer of the Year for his performances.
 Along with Roberto Baggio and Christian Vieri, he is Italy's top scorer in World Cup history, with 9 goals in total.
George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (born 1 October 1966) is a Liberian humanitarian, politician, and retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
 Regarded as one of the greatest African players of all-time and as one of the best forwards of his generation, in 1995 he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or, becoming the first African player to win these awards.
 In 1989, 1994 and 1995, he was named the African Footballer of the Year, and in 1996, he was named African Player of the Century.
 Known for his acceleration, speed, and dribbling ability, in addition to his goalscoring and clinical finishing, Weah was described by FIFA as "the precursor of the multi-functional strikers of today".
 In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.
Fatmire "Lira" Alushi (née Bajramaj; born 1 April 1988), is a German retired footballer.
 She played as an attacking midfielder.
 She placed third in 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or competition, an annual award given to the world's best player.
Luis Suárez Miramontes (] ; born 2 May 1935), also known by the diminutive Luisito, is a Spanish former footballer and manager.
 He played as a midfielder for Deportivo de La Coruña, CD España Industrial, FC Barcelona, Inter Milan, Sampdoria and Spain.
 Suárez is regarded as one of Spain's greatest players; he was noted for his elegant, fluid, graceful style of play.
 Nicknamed "El Arquitecto" (The Architect) he was noted for his perceptive passing and explosive shot and in 1960 he became the only Spanish-born player to be voted Ballon d'Or.
 In 1964 he helped Spain win the European Championship.
 Suarez originally achieved prominence as a creative inside forward or attacking midfielder for the great Barcelona team of the 1950s before he joined Inter Milan where he reached his prime as deep lying playmaker for the legendary "Grande Inter" team of the 1960s.
 He played a pivotal role in the success Herrera's Inter Milan side, and was one of the primary creative forces in the squad, due to his ball skills, vision, and passing range.
 He retired as a player in 1973, after three seasons at Sampdoria.
Steven George Gerrard {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football coach and former professional footballer who serves as an academy coach at Liverpool.
 He spent the majority of his playing career as a central midfielder for Liverpool and the England national team, with most of that time spent as club captain.
 Regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, Gerrard was awarded the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award in 2005, and the Ballon d'Or Bronze Award.
 In 2009, Zinedine Zidane and Pelé said that they considered Gerrard to be the best footballer in the world.
 A versatile and well-rounded player, highly regarded for his leadership, Gerrard is the only footballer in history to score in an FA Cup Final, a League Cup Final, a UEFA Cup Final and a UEFA Champions League Final, winning on each occasion.
The 1972 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to the West German defender Franz Beckenbauer on 26 December 1972.
 There were 25 voters, from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, England, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany and Yugoslavia.

Question: When was the footballer who won the 1972 Ballon d'Or born?
Answer: 11 September 1945