The Adidas Golden Ball Nominies
FIFA unveiled the ten candidates for the 2006 adidas Golden Ball which is presented to the outstanding player at each FIFA World Cup finals, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted by representatives of the media.
Representatives of the media will vote for one player out of four Italians, three Frenchmen, two Germans and one Portuguese.
- Andrea Pirlo (ITA)
- Fabio Cannavaro (ITA)
- Gianluca Zambrota (ITA)
- Gianluigi Buffon (ITA)
- Patrick Viera (FRA)
- Thiery Henry (FRA)
- Zinedine Zidane (FRA)
- Michael Ballack (GER)
- Miroslav Klose (GER)
- Maniche (POR)
Although there can be only one winner, the two runner-ups will be also awarded with Silver and Bronze balls.
Past winners of adidas Golden Ball were:
- Oliver Khan (Korea/Japan 2002)
- Ronaldo (France 1998)
- Romario (USA 1994)
- Salvatore Schillaci (Italy 1990)
- Diego Maradona (Mexico 1986)
- Paolo Rossi (Spain 1982)
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Chad Hackman said,
July 9, 2006 @ 11:09 pm
Zidane’s name should be removed from the qualifying list due to his actions in Sunday’s final. It is peculiar that he has generated 150,000 votes in the 3 hours following his red card and Italy’s win.
Miha said,
July 10, 2006 @ 3:09 am
We still don’t know what Materazzi said but a player of Zidane’s experience should know better to handle in such situation.
What he did was very stupid and his bumper made a big black spot in his glorious carrier.
SAAD said,
August 7, 2006 @ 12:46 am
Zinedine Zidane