Golden Foot
The Golden Foot is an annual award for football players that was launched by the football management company World Champions Club and is promoted by the Monaco Tourist Board. The event at which the prizewinner receives his award is under the patronage of Prince Albert II , who also presents the award.
The winners of the Golden Foot leave their footprint on the Champions Promenade , a “Walk of Fame” of football in Monaco.
According to the official website of the award, the winners, who are honored for their entire career, must be at least 28 years old, but still be active, have performed particularly well as an individual athlete as well as in a team, and have a distinctive personality. A jury made up of media partners from the Golden Foot selects ten suitable candidates, and the users of the official website choose the winner from these via the internet.
The Golden Foot can only be won once by each player. However, players can be nominated multiple times for the award if they have not yet won the award.
Award winners
year | player |
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2003 | Roberto Baggio |
2004 | Pavel Nedvěd |
2005 | Andrij Shevchenko |
2006 | Ronaldo |
2007 | Alessandro Del Piero |
2008 | Roberto Carlos |
2009 | Ronaldinho |
2010 | Francesco Totti |
2011 | Ryan Giggs |
2012 | Zlatan Ibrahimović |
2013 | Didier Drogba |
2014 | Andrés Iniesta |
2015 | Samuel Eto'o |
2016 | Gianluigi Buffon |
2017 | Iker Casillas |
2018 | Edinson Cavani |
2019 | Luka Modric |
Legends
At the gala at which the Golden Foot winner receives his award, active and former players are also honored as legends every year . They too have the opportunity to leave their footprints on the Champions Promenade . So far, the following players have received this honor:
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b goldenfoot.com: A unique achivement ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ fussballeuropa.com: Zlatan Ibrahimovic wins the Golden Foot Award