Football: Cannavaro Wins European Player Of The Year
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Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro has been named European Footballer of the Year by France Football magazine.
The 33-year-old ...
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Football: Cannavaro Wins European Player Of The Year
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Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro has been named European Footballer of the Year by France Football magazine.
The 33-year-old Real Madrid defender, who captained Italy to victory at the World Cup in Germany, becomes one of the few defenders to win the prize.
Cannavaro won the honour with 173 points, ahead of Juventus keeper Gianluigi Buffon (124) of Italy and Arsenal striker Thierry Henry (121).
The Ballon d'Or award is based on a vote by European football journalists. France midfielder Zinedine Zidane, who retired after reaching the World Cup finals, was placed fifth with 71 points.
Last year's European Footballer award went to Barcelona's Brazil playmaker Ronaldinho, who finished fourth this time around.
Cannavaro is the fifth Italian to win the award after Omar Sivori (1961), Gianni Rivera (1969), Paolo Rossi (1982) and Roberto Baggio (1993).
He also revealed that the award had extra significance as he became the first defender to win since Germany's Mathias Sammer in 1996.
"It has a double importance because it's given to the greatest players and as a defender it's rare to have this honour," said the delighted Neapolitan.
"The World Cup in Germany was perfect for a defender. I remember in particular the semi-final against Germany."
Capped 105 times for his country, the Real Madrid defender was one of seven nominated players from the Italian team that captured its fourth World Cup title.
In domestic football, Cannavaro clinched victory in Serie A with Juventus over the last two seasons before his previous club side were stripped of those titles and demoted to the second division after being found guilty of match fixing.
"I want to thank Real president Raman Calderon and my team-mates from Juve and the national team who had an important part to play in my winning this award," Cannavaro added.
"Many people analysed my season with Juve in 2005 for this vote. In that season I played 37 matches and scored four crucial goals."
Good for him.
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Yes, he was excellent in the World Cup in particular. Apart from Henry, I can't think of many obvious challenges since Ronaldinho's form dipped from the end of last season on.
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