Golden Foot Explained

Golden Foot
Country:Monaco
Presenter:Monarchy of Monaco
Location:Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo
Year:2003
Holder: Robert Lewandowski (men's, 2022)
Kosovare Asllani (women's, 2022)

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]
YearPlayerClub
2003 Brescia
2004 Juventus
2005 Milan
2006 Ronaldo Real Madrid
2007 Juventus
2008 Fenerbahçe
2009 Ronaldinho Milan
2010 Francesco Totti Roma
2011 Ryan Giggs Manchester United
2012 Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain
2013 Didier Drogba Galatasaray
2014 Andrés Iniesta Barcelona
2015 Samuel Eto'o Antalyaspor
2016 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus
2017 Iker Casillas Porto
2018 Edinson Cavani Paris Saint-Germain
2019 Luka Modrić Real Madrid
2020 Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus
2021 Mohamed Salah Liverpool
2022 Robert Lewandowski Barcelona

By country

CountryPlayers
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

By club

ClubPlayers
Juventus4
Milan2
Paris Saint-Germain2
Real Madrid2
Barcelona2
Brescia1
Antalyaspor1
Fenerbahçe1
Galatasaray1
Manchester United1
Roma1
Porto1
Liverpool1

Women's Golden Foot

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

Award legends

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

Total by country

CountryTotal
14
11
10
8
6
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
CountryTotal
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Golden Foot Prestige Award

A Prestige Award was given from 2020 onwards.

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GoldenFoot . World Champion Club Ltd.
  2. Web site: ESPN Classic supports Golden Foot Awards. ESPN Soccernet . 26 May 2010.
  3. Web site: Golden Foot - Winners. 2020-12-01. goldenfoot.com. 2019-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20190222012029/http://goldenfoot.com/winners/. dead.
  4. Web site: Théo . Théophile . 26 December 2022 . Kosovare Asllani, première Golden Foot féminine de l'histoire . 5 March 2023 . WORLD SPORTS ACTU . fr-FR.
  5. http://www.goldenfoot.com/legends LEGENDS – GoldenFoot
  6. http://www.amfm-magazine.com/golden-foot-awards-2012-ibrahimovic-pele-and-cantona/ “Golden Foot Awards 2012 – Ibrahimovic, Pele, And Cantona”
  7. https://monacoitaliamagazine.net/golden-foot-award-2021-a-monte-carlo-i-fuori-classe-del-calcio Golden Foot Award 2021: a Monte Carlo i Fuoriclasse del Calcio