WORLD FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR announced!

[EKBATAN]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=396289&cc=5901

And its no one else but WORLD CHAMPION captain FABBIO CANNAVARO






Well deserved....and now here come the haters

[Darvish11]

well deserved, im sure kazemian wont be too dissapointed, if he keeps on playing the way he is he is sure to win it next year. He just has to keep his head up; his time will come

[Darvish11]

waiiiit, this isnt the major one, its from that magazine, its not the official world player of the year!

[MoJo23]

waiiiit, this isnt the major one, its from that magazine, its not the official world player of the year!

Yea..

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Fabio Cannavaro, who skippered Italy to victory at the World Cup, was named World Soccer's World Player of the Year on Friday -- only the second defender to win the honour in the awards' 25-year history.

The last defender to do so was compatriot Paolo Maldini in 1994.

Cannavaro's victory was one of the most comprehensive in the poll's history as he collected 40 percent of the readers' vote conducted annually by the influential British-based magazine.

He got three times as many votes as Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon and Frenchman Thierry Henry of Arsenal, who finished second and third respectively.

Cannavaro, who was named European Footballer of the Year last month, is one of three candidates for the FIFA World Player of the Year which will be announced on Monday.

Other award winners were Marcello Lippi of Italy, who was named coach of the year while European champions Barcelona were named World Team of the Year. Lionel Messi of Barcelona and Argentina was named Young Player of the Year.

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But don't worry ekky, Cannavaro is going win it! No doubt!

[EKBATAN]

LoL really? I didn't pay attention...oh well still good

[Adesor Vafaseya]

yes Cannavaro deserved it!

[ali8]

nekounam is better

[Aryaan21]

well deserved, im sure kazemian wont be too dissapointed, if he keeps on playing the way he is he is sure to win it next

[Masoud_A]

^^ If you really understood his point you wouldnt be laughing

[Aryaan21]

^^ If you really understood his point you wouldnt be laughing

Ok Buddy

[PersianMadrid7]

http://fifa.com/en/mens/awards/gala.html

I hope Zidane wins he was gold at the world cup, Ronaldinho would deserv it if he had been at his best in the world cup, but he wasn't.

Cannavaro should coem second, he was spectacular and got his Euro award, but Zidane carried France to the final, after he got his red card it all went down hill from there. He made a bad decision but that doesn't mean he deserves another world player award.

[Darvish11]

http://fifa.com/en/mens/awards/gala.html

I hope Zidane wins he was gold at the world cup, Ronaldinho would deserv it if he had been at his best in the world cup, but he wasn't.

Cannavaro should coem second, he was spectacular and got his Euro award, but Zidane carried France to the final, after he got his red card it all went down hill from there. He made a bad decision but that doesn't mean he deserves another world player award.

he won the world cup golden ball, thats more than enough for him

[Amir H F]

100% deserved!!! Cannavaro had his name all over this award

[EKBATAN]

http://fifa.com/en/mens/awards/gala.html
I hope Zidane wins he was gold at the world cup, Ronaldinho would deserv it if he had been at his best in the world cup, but he wasn't.
Cannavaro should coem second, he was spectacular and got his Euro award, but Zidane carried France to the final, after he got his red card it all went down hill from there. He made a bad decision but that doesn't mean he deserves another world player award.

yea man, he should be happy they gave him the golden ball in the world cup. Cannavaro deserved that one for sure, since they didnt give it to him there now they have to give him the world player of the year.

cheers