![Real Madrid star Luka Modric claims 2018 Ballon d'Or to end ten years of Messi/Ronaldo dominance | Independent.ie Real Madrid star Luka Modric claims 2018 Ballon d'Or to end ten years of Messi/Ronaldo dominance | Independent.ie](https://focus.independent.ie/thumbor/9CjpFzPDI6q77o7ZSh8CyeFVF0I=/0x53:1500x880/1280x853/prod-mh-ireland/d15ef26e-c1f9-11ed-82cc-0210609a3fe2.jpg)
Real Madrid star Luka Modric claims 2018 Ballon d'Or to end ten years of Messi/Ronaldo dominance | Independent.ie
![Ballon d'Or 2018: Modric is the eighth Ballon d'Or winner to play for Real Madrid in the 21st century | MARCA in English Ballon d'Or 2018: Modric is the eighth Ballon d'Or winner to play for Real Madrid in the 21st century | MARCA in English](https://e00-marca.uecdn.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2018/12/04/15438784285739.jpg)
Ballon d'Or 2018: Modric is the eighth Ballon d'Or winner to play for Real Madrid in the 21st century | MARCA in English
Ballon d'Or #ballondor on X: "Happy birthday to the Croatian player Luka Modric winner of the 2018 Ballon d'Or 🇭🇷 #ballondor https://t.co/pAHwUjTt0d" / X
![Frank Khalid OBE on X: "In 2018 Luka Modric won the Ballon d or, Lionel Messi finished 5th despite having better goals & assists stats than Modric. I guess this was mainly Frank Khalid OBE on X: "In 2018 Luka Modric won the Ballon d or, Lionel Messi finished 5th despite having better goals & assists stats than Modric. I guess this was mainly](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FyepwqFXsAYJnSw.jpg)