The Argentine won the FIFA Golden Ball with 22.65% of the votes, although his colleagues from FC Barcelona, Iniesta (17.36%) and Xavi (16.48%) were the big favorites. "FIFA Ballon d’Or" 2010, awarded for the first time in history after merging "the Golden Ball" of the France Football with the "FIFA World Player" gave yesterday a [...]
Xavi Hernandez was in a big form at the photo shoot for the cover of the "France Football Weekend". Together with his team mates Lionel Messi and Andreas Iniesta, the Barcelona midfielder posed for the French magazine last issue, before announcing the winner of the Golden Ball, on January 2010. Under the headline "And the [...]
The official site of the European football association announced the 55 players nominated, five for each position, for the ideal team of the year. The Spanish football players dominate this list, being not less than nine players nominated: Casillas, De Gea, Ramos, Puyol, Piqué, Xavi, Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas and David Villa. The fans will vote [...]
UEFA announced on Monday the nominees for the 2010 Footballer of the year award. The trophy will be awarded before the draw for the Champions League groups of 26 August, at Monte Carlo. The 12 players nominated are three goalkeepers, three defenders, three midfielders and three forwards, and were selected by the coaches of the [...]
