Last seasons top scorer in the Bundesliga and the 2006 World Cup's 'Golden Boot' winner Miroslav Klose has been selected amoung the elite group of nominees for the title of 'FIFA World Player of the Year'.
Last seasons top scorer in the Bundesliga and the 2006 World Cup's 'Golden Boot' winner Miroslav Klose has been selected amoung the elite group of nominees for the title of 'FIFA World Player of the Year'.
Last seasons top scorer in the Bundesliga and the 2006 World Cup's 'Golden Boot' winner Miroslav Klose has been selected amoung the elite group of nominees for the title of 'FIFA World Player of the Year'. The winner of the award will be announced during the FIFA World Player Gala in Zurich, Switzerland on 18.12.2006.
Aside from Klose there have been 29 further players nominated including Michael Ballack, Philip Lahm and Jens Lehmann. Ronaldinho, from Werder Bremen's Champions League Group opponents FC Barcelona is agains amoungst the nominees having taken the title in 2004 and 2005.
The complete group of candidates is:
Adriano (Brazil), Michael Ballack (Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Petr Cech (Czech Republic), Deco (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire), Michael Essien (Ghana), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Luis Figo (Portugal), Gennaro Gattuso (Italy), Steven Gerrard (England), Thierry Henry (France), Kaka (Brazil), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Frank Lampard (England), Jens Lehmann (Germany), Alessandro Nesta (Italy), Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Franck Ribery (France), Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina), Ronaldinho (Brazil), Wayne Rooney (England), Tomas Rosicky (Czech Republic), Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine), Lilian Thuram (France), Patrick Vieira (France), Zinedine Zidane (France).