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Adriano (Inter Milan, Brazil)
Michael Ballack (Chelsea, Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid, Italy), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal), Petr Cech (Chelsea, Czech Republic), Deco (Barcelona, Portugal), Didier Drogba (Chelsea, Ivory Coast), Michael Essien (Chelsea, Ghana), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona, Cameroon), Luis Figo (Inter Milan, Portugal), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan, Italy), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool, England), Thierry Henry (Arsenal, France), Kaka (AC Milan, Brazil), Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen, Germany), Philippe Lahm (Bayern Munich, Germany), Frank Lampard (Chelsea, England), Jens Lehmann (Arsenal, Germany), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan, Italy), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan, Italy), Franck Ribery (Marseille, France), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal, Argentina), Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Brazil), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, England), Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal, Czech Republic), Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea, Ukraine), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona, France), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan, France), Zinedine Zidane (retired, France)
Ronaldinho (pictured) won in 2004 and 2005, and looked favourite for 2006 until his poor showing at the World Cup. There are also a couple of suspect names on there – how Adriano made the shortlist is a bit of a mystery. I reckon I've had a better 2006 than the world's second most famous overweight Brazilian centre forward.
The 2006 winner will be announced December 18th at the Zurich Opera House, Switzerland.
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2 Responses
3blue on 13-10-2006 at 4:47 pm
The Adriano thing threw me for a loop. He’s been pretty much crap for 2 years and someone he got nominated. There are about 10 people on this list that actually deserve this award.
Tickets on 03-12-2007 at 12:00 pm
Well, it seems it’s all clear now, Kaka is the man. Congrats and maybe will see Adriano next year