european footballer of the year

[Herbie von Smalls]

in 2006 is...

 

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fabio cannavaro 173 pts

 

followed by gianluigi buffon 124, then terry henry 121. ronaldinho and zidane fourth and fifth respectively.

 

first defender to win the award since matthias sammer in '96

[Spion kop]

Is the right answer.

[12twelve]

Shame that Zambrotta got only 2 points. He should be challenging the top 3.

[Leo No.8]

A very fair result I'd say.

 

Remember Sammer - he was an unbelievable footballer, pure class on the ball. Shame he had to retire when he was still in his twenties, he could have gone on to 40 the way he played.

[Guest Cameron]

I don't understand why non-Europeans are able to win this award. Before it was for European footballers only, since the South Americans, Africans, etc. already had awards for their footballers, but now non-Europeans are able to win the EUROPEAN footballer of the year award.

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

I don't understand why non-Europeans are able to win this award. Before it was for European footballers only, since the South Americans, Africans, etc. already had awards for their footballers, but now non-Europeans are able to win the EUROPEAN footballer of the year award.

 

 

Racist

[stressederic]

Salif Diao cruelly overlooked.

Edited November 28, 2006 by stressederic