A Golden Ball for two "golden foot"

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Frank Ribery. One of the three football stars will leave Monday afternoon (18:30) from Zurich with a ... ball of gold, to be crowned the world's top player for 2013.

With Cristiano Ronaldo is the favorite and Ribery, Messi likely to follow, will take place at 18:30 Monday, the 13th / 1 on Zurich awarding the "Golden Ball", the "legendary" prize is awarded each year to the top footballer on the planet.

  The Portuguese superstar from Real Madrid hopes to walk away with the award, which was won in 2008, but since then permanently sees the ... Messi back. For the Argentine ace Barcelona are record holder and four "Golden Balls", is unlikely to leave with fifth trophy and perhaps for the first time as seems likely in the third. The big underdog is no doubt Frank Ribery, who assumed that in 2013 took the Bayern every trophy ... was to conquer, may be worth the "gold" more than the other two.
As recently stated himself Frenchman, "for me it's now or never.'m 30 years old and for me this trophy would be a revenge for all that I suffer. everything I did and it is difficult to give more. played in every game, I conquered all the trophies and was decisive. "
As usual, there will be other awards such as top lineup, the best at each position, the best goals and of course the award for best coach, with their prospective Joop Chainkes (favorite), Sir Alex Ferguson and Jurgen theft.

 

Stats of interest:

-Four trophies only Lionel Messi, while three times the "Golden Ball" have conquered the Cruyff, Platini and Van Basten. Messi has a total of seven appearances in the top three and is the first course in the relevant list. In 2nd place is Cristiano Ronaldo with six instances.
-Overall, 42 players have won the "Golden Ball", as 36 of whom were Europeans. Germany and the Netherlands are the countries with the most victories (they have seven trophies).
-Barcelona is the team with the most trophies (10). Below Juventus and AC Milan with eight.
-Only a goalkeeper in history has won the "Golden Ball", Lev Yashin in 1963, and just three defenders: the Beckenbauer, Zamer and Cannavaro.

The previous winners:

1956: Stanley Matthews (England) Blackpool
1957: Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain / Argentina) Real Madrid's
1958 Copa Raimi (France) Real Madrid
1959: Alfredo Di Stefano (Spain / Argentina) Real Madrid
1960: Luis Suarez (Spain) Barcelona
1961 : Omar Sivori (Italy / Argentina) Juventus
1962: Joseph Mazopoust (Czechoslovakia) Dukla Prague
1963: Lev Yashin (USSR) Dinamo Moscow
1964: Dennis Lowe (Scotland) Manchester United
1965: Eusebio (Portugal) Benfica
1966: Bobby Charlton (England) Manchester United
1967: Florian Albert (Hungary) Ferencvaros
1968: George Best (Northern Ireland) Manchester United
1969: Gianni Rivera (Italy) Milan
1970: Gerd Müller (West Germany) Bayern
1971: Johan Cruyff (Netherlands) Ajax
1972: Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany) Bayern
1973: Johan Cruyff (Netherlands) Ajax / Barcelona
1974: Johan Cruyff (Holland) Barcelona
1975: Oleg Blachin (USSR) Dynamo Kiev
1976: Franz Beckenbauer (West Germany) Bayern
1977: Allan Simonsen (Denmark ) Borussia Monchengladbach
1978: Kevin Keegan (England) Hamburg
1979: Kevin Keegan (England) Hamburg
1980: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany) Bayern
1981: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (West Germany) Bayern
1982: Paolo Rossi (Italy) Juventus
1983 : Michel Platini (France) Juventus
1984: Michel Platini (France) Juventus
1985: Michel Platini (France) Juventus
1986: Igor Belanof (USSR) Dynamo Kiev
1987: Rouount Gullit (Netherlands) Eindhoven / AC
1988: Marco Van Basten (Netherlands) Milan
1989: Marco Van Basten (Netherlands) AC
1990: Lothar Matthaus (Germany) Milan
1991: Jean Pierre Papen (France) Marseille
1992: Marco Van Basten (Netherlands) AC
1993: Roberto Baggio (Italy) Juventus
1994: Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria ) Barcelona
1995: George Weah (Liberia) PSG / AC
1996: Mathias Zamer (Germany) Borussia Dortmund
1997: Ronaldo (Brazil) Barcelona / Inter Milan
1998: Zinedine Zidane (France) Juventus
1999: Rivaldo (Brazil) Barcelona
2000: Luis Figo (Portugal) Barcelona / Real Madrid
2001: Michael Owen (England) Liverpool
2002: Ronaldo (Brazil) Real Madrid
2003: Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic) Juventus
2004: Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) AC
2005: Ronaldinho (Brazil) Barcelona
2006: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) Juventus / Real Madrid
2007: Kaka (Brazil) AC
2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) Manchester United
2009: Lionel Messi (Argentina) Barcelona
2010: Lionel Messi (Argentina) Barcelona
2011: Lionel Messi (Argentina) Barcelona
2012: Lionel Messi (Argentina) Barcelona