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Golden Ball Awards
Adidas Golden Ball
The Golden Ball is an award attributed to the most outstanding player
of the World Cup final tournament. FIFA announces a shortlist of ten nominees
which is then voted by media representatives. The most voted player is
elected to win the Golden Ball, the second most voted player wins the
Silver Ball and the third most voted player wins the Bronze Ball. Its
awarding is shrouded by allegations of being influenced by diplomacy:
the three awards have always been won by players from three different
nations.
World Cup |
Adidas Golden Ball |
Adidas Silver Ball |
Adidas Bronze Ball |
1982 Spain |
Paolo Rossi
(Italy) |
Falcão
(Brazil) |
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
(Germany) |
1986 Mexico |
Diego Maradona
(Argentina) |
Harald Schumacher
(Germany) |
Preben Elkjær
(Denmark) |
1990 Italy |
Salvatore Schillaci
(Italy) |
Lothar Matthäus
(Germany) |
Diego Maradona
(Argentina) |
1994 USA |
Romário
(Brazil) |
Roberto Baggio
(Italy) |
Hristo Stoitchkov
(Bulgaria) |
1998 France |
Ronaldo
(Brazil) |
Davor Šuker
(Croatia) |
Lilian Thuram
(France) |
2002 Korea/Japan |
Oliver Kahn
(Germany) |
Ronaldo
(Brazil) |
Hong Myung-Bo
(South Korea) |
2006 Germany |
Zinedine Zidane (France) |
Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) |
Andrea Pirlo (Italy) |
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