PIRLO, GATTUSO AND KAKA' NOMINATED FOR GOLDEN BALL
10/16/2006 4:07:00 PM
Here are the 50 players that have been nominated for the 2006 Golden Ball. Andrea Pirlo, Rino Gattuso and Ricardo Kakà are the three Rossoneri players that are in the running for the prize, which will be awarded on November 27, 2006.
Ballack (Ger), Buffon, Cahill (Aus), Cannavaro, J. Cole (Eng), Coupet (Fra), Cris (Bra), Cristiano Ronaldo (Por), Deco (Por), M. Diarra (Mal), Drogba (Civ), Essien (Gha), Eto'o (Cam), Fabregas (Spa), Gallas (Fra),
Gattuso (Ita), Gerrard (Eng), Giuly (Fra), Grosso, Henry (Fra), Juninho Pernambucano (Bra),
Kaka' (Bra), Klose (Ger), Lahm (Ger), Lampard (Eng), Lehmann (Ger), Makelele (Fra), Malouda (Fra), Mendez (Ecu), Messi (Arg),
Pirlo (Ita), Podolski (Ger), Puyol (Spa), Ribery (Fra), Ronaldinho (Bra), Riquelme (Arg), Robben (Ola), Rooney (Eng), Sagnol (Fra), Schweinsteiger (Ger), Shevchenko (Ucr), Terry (Eng), Thuram (Fra), Tiago (Por), Toni, Torres (Spa), Vieira (Fra), Villa (Spa), Zambrotta, Zidane (Fra).