Golden Foot
Francesco Totti's 2010 Golden Foot imprint
LocationHôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo
CountryMonaco
Presented byMonarchy of Monaco
First awarded2003
Currently held byPoland Robert Lewandowski,
Sweden Kosovare Asllani (2022)
Websitegoldenfoot.com

The Golden Foot award is an international football award, given to players who stand out for their athletic achievements (both as individuals and team players) and for their personality. The award is only given to active players of at least 28 years of age, and can only be won once.[1]

Ten nominees are chosen by a panel of international journalists based on the criteria that they are at least 28 years of age and still playing. Out of this list, the winner is selected by an online poll, where anyone can vote.[2] The winner of the award leaves a permanent mould of his footprints on "The Champions Promenade", on the seafront of the Principality of Monaco.

Since 2009, there has been a charity auction accompanying the Golden Foot event. The auction is held during the gala evening at the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, and raises funds for fighting AIDS.

Award winners

List of Golden Foot award winners[3]
Year Player Club
2003 Italy Roberto Baggio Italy Brescia
2004 Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd Italy Juventus
2005 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Italy Milan
2006 Brazil Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid
2007 Italy Alessandro Del Piero Italy Juventus
2008 Brazil Roberto Carlos Turkey Fenerbahçe
2009 Brazil Ronaldinho Italy Milan
2010 Italy Francesco Totti Italy Roma
2011 Wales Ryan Giggs England Manchester United
2012 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović France Paris Saint-Germain
2013 Ivory Coast Didier Drogba Turkey Galatasaray
2014 Spain Andrés Iniesta Spain Barcelona
2015 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Turkey Antalyaspor
2016 Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus
2017 Spain Iker Casillas Portugal Porto
2018 Uruguay Edinson Cavani France Paris Saint-Germain
2019 Croatia Luka Modrić Spain Real Madrid
2020 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Italy Juventus
2021 Egypt Mohamed Salah England Liverpool
2022 Poland Robert Lewandowski Spain Barcelona

By country

Country Players
 Italy 4
 Brazil 3
 Spain 2
 Croatia 1
 Portugal 1
 Egypt 1
 Czech Republic 1
 Ukraine 1
 Wales 1
 Sweden 1
 Ivory Coast 1
 Cameroon 1
 Uruguay 1
 Poland 1

By club

Club Players
Italy Juventus 4
Italy Milan 2
France Paris Saint-Germain 2
Spain Real Madrid 2
Spain Barcelona 2
Italy Brescia 1
Turkey Antalyaspor 1
Turkey Fenerbahçe 1
Turkey Galatasaray 1
England Manchester United 1
Italy Roma 1
Portugal Porto 1
England Liverpool 1

Women's Golden Foot

An equivalent award for women's football was assigned from 2022 onwards.[4]

List of Women's Golden Foot award winners
Year Player Club
2022 Sweden Kosovare Asllani Italy Milan

Award legends

List of Golden Foot award legends[5]
Year Legends
2003 Argentina Diego Maradona
Portugal Eusébio
Italy Gianni Rivera
France Just Fontaine
2004 Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano
Italy Dino Zoff
France Michel Platini
2005 Spain Paco Gento
Northern Ireland George Best
Liberia George Weah
Italy Gigi Riva
Brazil Rivellino
2006 Uruguay Alcides Ghiggia
Hungary Ferenc Puskás
Italy Giacinto Facchetti
France Raymond Kopa
Brazil Zico
2007 Germany Gerd Müller
Bulgaria Hristo Stoichkov
Argentina Mario Kempes
Italy Paolo Rossi
Brazil Romário
2008 Brazil Aldair
Ukraine Igor Belanov
Spain Luis Suárez
France Zinedine Zidane
2009 Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Brazil Nilton Santos
Ukraine Oleg Blokhin
Colombia René Higuita
Poland Zbigniew Boniek
2010 Brazil Carlos Dunga
Argentina Francisco Varallo
Germany Franz Beckenbauer
Italy Giancarlo Antognoni
Mexico Hugo Sánchez
2011 Ghana Abedi Pele
Argentina Javier Zanetti
Portugal Luís Figo
Algeria Rabah Madjer
Netherlands Ruud Gullit
2012[6] France Eric Cantona
Italy Franco Baresi
Germany Lothar Matthäus
Brazil Pelé
2013 Colombia Carlos Valderrama
France Jean-Pierre Papin
Argentina Osvaldo Ardiles
2014 Czech Republic Antonín Panenka
Belgium Jean-Marie Pfaff
Turkey Hakan Şükür
Japan Hidetoshi Nakata
United States Mia Hamm
Cameroon Roger Milla
2015 Romania Gheorghe Hagi
Argentina Daniel Passarella
France David Trezeguet
Russia Rinat Dasayev
2016 Netherlands Frank de Boer
Italy Claudio Ranieri
Spain Carles Puyol
Portugal Deco
2017 Italy Roberto Mancini
England Michael Owen
France Marcel Desailly
Germany Oliver Kahn
China Li Ming
2018 Brazil Leonardo Araújo
Netherlands Clarence Seedorf
Italy Andrea Pirlo
Italy Marcello Lippi
France Didier Deschamps
2019 Brazil Paulo Roberto Falcao
France Patrick Vieira
Brazil José Altafini
Italy Carolina Morace
2021[7] Brazil Dani Alves
Italy Paolo Maldini
Germany Günter Netzer
Italy Gabriele Oriali
England Kelly Smith
2022 Spain Emilio Butragueño
Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón
Turkey Fatih Terim

Total by country

Golden Foot Prestige Award

A Prestige Award was given from 2020 onwards.

List of Golden Foot Prestige award
2020 Italy Andrea Agnelli
2021 Italy Gabriele Gravina
2022 Spain Florentino Pérez

References

  1. ^ "GoldenFoot". World Champion Club Ltd.
  2. ^ "ESPN Classic supports Golden Foot Awards". ESPN Soccernet. 26 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Golden Foot - Winners". goldenfoot.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  4. ^ Théo, Théophile (26 December 2022). "Kosovare Asllani, première Golden Foot féminine de l'histoire". WORLD SPORTS ACTU (in French). Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. ^ LEGENDS – GoldenFoot
  6. ^ “Golden Foot Awards 2012 – Ibrahimovic, Pele, And Cantona”. Amfm magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2018
  7. ^ Golden Foot Award 2021: a Monte Carlo i Fuoriclasse del Calcio

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