Golden Ball Award
This is FIFA's award for the the outstanding player at each World Cup.
The silver and bronze ball are awarded to the 2nd and 3rd best players.
Year | Award | Player | team |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | Golden Ball | Diego Forlan | Uruguay |
Silver Ball | Wesley Sneijder | Holland | |
Bronze Ball | David Villa | Spain | |
2006 | Golden Ball | Zinedine Zidane | France |
Silver Ball | Fabbio Cannavaro | Italy | |
Bronze Ball | Andrea Pirlo | Italy | |
2002 | Golden Ball | Oliver Kahn | Germany |
Silver Ball | Ronaldo | Brazil | |
Bronze Ball | Hong Myung-Bo | South Korea | |
1998 | Golden Ball | Ronaldo | Brazil |
Silver Ball | Davor Suker | Croatia | |
Bronze Ball | Lilian Thuram | France | |
1994 | Golden Ball | Romario | Brazil |
Silver Ball | Roberto Baggio | Italy | |
Bronze Ball | Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria | |
1990 | Golden Ball | Salvatore Schillaci | Italy |
Silver Ball | Lothar Matthaus | West Germany | |
Bronze Ball | Diego Maradona | Argentina | |
1986 | Golden Ball | Diego Maradona | Argentina |
Silver Ball | Harald Schumacher | West Germany | |
Bronze Ball | Preben Elkjaer | Denmark | |
1982 | Golden Ball | Paulo Rossi | Italy |
Silver Ball | Falcao | Brazil | |
Bronze Ball | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | West Germany |