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Messi and Marta: 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year
As expected, Messi and Marta are 2009′s FIFA World Player of the Year. Messi took his first FIFA World Player award home by beating C. Ronaldo (who had 352 points against his 1,073). Xavi was third, Kaka fourth and Iniesta fifth. Very well deserved. Marta took the award for the fourth consecutive time, something never ...
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FIFA Award: Marta is, again, number 1. Oh.. and so is C. Ronaldo.
Marta is the queen. For the third consecutive year, the Brazilian took home the FIFA award for best player in 2008. Very well deserved. On the men’s side, also no big surprises: C. Ronaldo beat Messi, Kaka and Fernando Torres to take home the trophy of FIFA’s best in 2008. Also deserved (even if I ...
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FIFA Gala: who is the C. Ronaldo who will take best player?
Today FIFA unveiled the very short list of players who will watch C. Ronaldo win best player on January 12th. We are all very sure he will win so there are no other expectations there. The men’s nominees are: Kaká (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Fernando Torres (Spain), and Xavi (Spain). On the ...
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What should I do with my FIFA award?
Well, if you want any advice from our fellow mate Kaka, you give it to your church. That is what the AC Milan superstar did when he went to Brazil for new years. After spending the night in church, he left his trophy there as a gift (and what a nice gift shall I say). ...
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Kaká’s got it all. So does Marta.
Kaká is the footballer of the year in all respects. So is Marta. The Brazilian took all prizes available and it was no big news that he was up for winning FIFA’s best player of the year award. And he did. The AC Milan star, just one day after winning FIFA’s club world title took ...
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FIFA announces the 3 finalists for Best Player of the Year.
The world’s predictions became true. The real FIFA short list for World Player title was announced with Kaka, Messi and cocky boy Cristiano Ronaldo as the 3 finalists. As for the ladies, the top 3 are Brazilians Marta and Cristiane and Birgit Prinz, from Germany. Isn’t it great to be in your early 20′s and ...
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And here are the nominees…
FIFA has announced their (not so short) shortlist for 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year. I think I read Romario’s name in there but the thing is so long I can’t even remember. Maybe they do that so that all players feel included in the event. Anyhow, the names of the three finalists (now ...