Barcelona player Ronaldinho, seen here in November, is set to be
named FIFA's player of the year for a third successive time. -
AFP
Brazilian star Ronaldinho is set to be named FIFA's player of the
year for a third successive time.
Marca sports daily claims Thursday the Barcelona star will be named
the winner ahead of Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro and
now-retired French great Zinedine Zidane at a ceremony in Zurich,
Switzerland on December 18.
World Cup winning Italy defender Cannavaro recently won the
European Footballer of the Year Award (Ballon d'Or), which is
awarded by France Football magazine.
However Ronaldinho, the Ballon d'Or winner last year, would become
the first player to win FIFA's award three years in a row.
Marca reported that Cannavaro finished second to the Brazilian in
the FIFA voting, which is decided by the coaches and captains of
all of FIFA's member nations. Zidane finished third, according to
the paper.
Zidane and Brazilian striker Ronaldo have also won the FIFA
accolade three times but no one has won it three years
successively.
