World Cup Golden Ball Winners

by Rob Williams, 17 Apr, 2018

Among many other awards in FIFA, Golden Ball is one of the major awards in the history of the World Cup.

In 1930, only titles were given to the players as Best Player, 2^nd Best Player, and 3^rd Best Player. Uruguayan player, José Nasazzi was first to gain the title as the Best Player in the 1930 World Cup.

CAPTION: Paolo Rossi SOURCE: Pinterest

Italian professional, Paolo Rossi first gained the Golden Ball followed by Diego Maradona (1986), and Salvatore Schillaci (1990).

Argentine professional player, Messi earned the Golden Ball in the 2014 World Cup. Thomas Müller, a German professional forward, earned the silver ball during the season.

The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each World Cup finals. The award is declared with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media.

The award was first introduced in the 1982 World Cup, sponsored by Adidas and France Football (weekly magazine).

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World Cup	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball
1982 Spain	Paolo Rossi	Falcão	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
1986 Mexico	Diego Maradona	Harald Schumacher	Preben Elkjær Larsen
1990 Italy	Salvatore Schillaci	Lothar Matthäus	Diego Maradona
1994 United States	Romário	Roberto Baggio	Hristo Stoichkov
1998 France	Ronaldo	Davor Šuker	Lilian Thuram
2002 Korea/Japan	Oliver Kahn	Ronaldo	Hong Myung-bo
2006 Germany	Zinedine Zidane	Fabio Cannavaro	Andrea Pirlo
2010 South Africa	Diego Forlán	Wesley Sneijder	David Villa
2014 Brazil	Lionel Messi	Thomas Müller	Arjen Robben

FC Barcelona is the club with the most players that have won the Golden Ball. Johan Cruyff - 1974, Romário - 1994, Lionel Messi – 2014 won the Golden Ball from Barcelona.

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