Mascherano Select Iniesta wins Ballon D'Or

Ballon D'Or

FIFA Golden Ball (Golden Globe) award is considered the highest award for individual players in football in this sport. It was created in 2010, merged into the European Golden Ball and FIFA Player of the Year awards.

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Golden Globe or have a long and ancient history, created by France Football magazine in 1956 recognized the top European player of the year. In favor of the journalists, the competition is open to players of all playing in Europe, 1995, 2007 League players allowed for each country and each person, long voting pool reporters from around the world to participate.

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Individual Award FIFA arrived late game, and created a men's world player of the year award in 1991 and women's ten years later. Until 2004, FIFA set up their own list, the combination of the national team after the coach, captain and players around the world choose the candidate.

The end of 2010 under the merger of these two awards under the auspices of FIFA, the first version of the FIFA Golden Ball or the prize is now us. The 2010 edition of the award will be submitted to FIFA headquarters in Zurich on Monday, local time on January 10 19:002011.