Ever heard of it? No, me neither until this afternoon when I read it on an unamed football website that Ronaldinho had won the 2009 edition.
So as you do I did some research into what it's all about. Random is what it is, but also kind of interesting.
It's a career award that is awarded to players over the age of 29. It's not based on recent form like the FIFA World Footballer of the Year or Ballon d'Or awards. According to this website's explanation: “The winner is chosen out of a ten nominees list decided by a jury consisting of the Golden Foot media partners representatives and of the fans from all over the world who give their preferential vote through the official site.”
Ronaldinho beat Thierry Henry, Raul, Steven Gerrard, Gigi Buffon, Luis Figo, Franceso Totti, David Trezeguet...Oh and David Beckham, how could I forget him?
The goofy Brazillian now gets to leave his footprint on The Champions Promenade in Monte Carlo, a sort of walk of fame of past winners (the award has been given out since 2003) and also the “legends” that are invited to add their footprint to the Promenade each year.
Once you have won the award, you can't win it again which is a bit of a bummer. But anyway, well done Ronnie.
So as you do I did some research into what it's all about. Random is what it is, but also kind of interesting.
It's a career award that is awarded to players over the age of 29. It's not based on recent form like the FIFA World Footballer of the Year or Ballon d'Or awards. According to this website's explanation: “The winner is chosen out of a ten nominees list decided by a jury consisting of the Golden Foot media partners representatives and of the fans from all over the world who give their preferential vote through the official site.”
Ronaldinho beat Thierry Henry, Raul, Steven Gerrard, Gigi Buffon, Luis Figo, Franceso Totti, David Trezeguet...Oh and David Beckham, how could I forget him?
The goofy Brazillian now gets to leave his footprint on The Champions Promenade in Monte Carlo, a sort of walk of fame of past winners (the award has been given out since 2003) and also the “legends” that are invited to add their footprint to the Promenade each year.
Once you have won the award, you can't win it again which is a bit of a bummer. But anyway, well done Ronnie.
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