Others awardedcon the night included FC Barcelona, which won the Fair Play Award for donating space on its jersey to advertise the U.N. “I’m very happy to be here once more, and you can be sure I am going to give my best to be here on other occasions,” Marta said. The 21-year-old led Brazil to the final, where it was beaten 2-0 by Germany. Marta was the leading scorer of the 2007 Women’s World Cup in China with seven goals. In the women’s competition, Marta of Brazil won her second straight award, earning 988 points to beat Birgit Prinz of Germany with 507 and fellow Brazilian Cristiane with 150. The Manchester United player has nine goals and is tied atop the Premier League with Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor and Everton’s Ayegbeni Yakubu. The feat drew comparisons with Diego Maradona’s second goal in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal match against England, chosen in 2002 as the best the greatest goal in World Cup history.Ĭristiano Ronaldo would have been the first winner from an English club. Messi, who tore a thigh muscle over the weekend when Barcelona beat Valencia 3-0, memorably showed his skills when he scored against Getafe in April after picking up the ball in his own half and driving past four opponents before sliding the ball past the goalkeeper. On Sunday, he scored one goal and set up two for Filippo Inzaghi as Milan won its record fourth world club title by beating Argentina’s Boca Juniors 4-2. Kaka led Milan to a 2-1 victory over Liverpool in the European Champions League final in May. “But the Bible says that God is more than we can think, and he will give more, and this is what happened in my life.” “When I was young, I dreamed of becoming a professional player for Sao Paulo and playing one game for the national team,” Kaka said.
Kaka said before the award ceremony at the Zurich Opera House that he owed his success this year to his club.Īfter winning the award, the deeply religious Brazilian also invoked a higher power. He is the fifth Brazilian to win the title joining Ronaldo who has won the trophy three times, Ronaldinho (2), Romario (1), and Rivaldo (1). “Tonight is a really special night for me,” Kaka said after being handed the trophy.
He also won European football’s Golden Ball and World Soccer magazine’s player of the year award. Manchester United’s Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo was third with 426.įor Kaka, it is the third accolade this year. The 25-year-old playmaker received 1,047 points in a vote by national team captains and managers, more than twice as many as Argentine midfielder Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona with 504. Lionel Messi (C) and Cristiano Ronaldo at the Fifa World Player Gala 2007 award ceremony īrazil midfielder Kaka rounded out his award filled year by collecting the Fifa’s World Player of the Year. The big three: Brazil’s Kaka (left) holds the trophy of FIFA Player of the Year alongside
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