FIFA Announced Golden Ball Best Player Award Shortlist: Vote Now !!

babubangla · #1 July 6, 2006, 08:47 AM

FIFA announced the ten candidates for the 2006 adidas Golden Ball, the prestigious award for the tournament’s outstanding player.

The shortlist was prepared by the FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG).
Only players who reached the semi-final stage was considered eligible for the selection.

The 10-candidate shortlist is comprised of 3 Frenchmen, 2 Germans, 4 Italians and 1 Portuguese. The Final List is as follows:

Thierry Henry (France)
Patrick Vieira (France)
Zinedine Zidane (France)
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)
Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy)
Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
Michael Ballack (Germany)
Miroslav Klose (Germany)
Maniche (Portugal)

Representatives of the media will now vote to elect the player to receive FIFA 2006 Golden Ball outstanding player award.

Let's the media representative do their job; meanwhile let's do our own voting.
Select the player who you think should get the Golden Ball.