AC米蘭球星卡卡榮膺年“金球獎”

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AC Milan midfielder Kaka won the 2007 Golden Ball award

AC Milan midfielder Kaka won the 2007 Golden Ball award Sunday in Paris after helping the Italian club win the Champions League title this year with some standout performances.

The 25-year-old Brazil international notably played a starring role in AC Milan's triumphant Champions League campaign scoring 10 goals.

"It has been a special year for me, this award underlines that," Kaka said. "The only way to win an award like this is to belong to a team which fights. I have to thank the players, the coach."

"It's a great honour as the wife of Kaka to be at this ceremony. I know how important it was for my husband to win this trophy," said his wife Caroline.

Kaka received 444 points from France Football magazine, which organized the vote. Portugal and Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo was second with 277, while Argentina and FC Barcelona forward Lionel Messi finished third with 255.

Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro won the award last year after leading his team to the World Cup title in Germany.

The 52 journalists were only allowed to vote for a player from a European club.

This year's format was different, involving 96 journalists and a shortlist of 50 players worldwide.

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was fourth with 108 points, and Italy and Milan midfielder Andrea Pirlo finished fifth with 41.

After helping Real Madrid win the Spanish league title, striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was sixth. Brazil forward Ronaldinho, the 2005 winner, dropped to 12th, and France striker Thierry Henry was 19th.

上週日，2007年歐洲“金球獎”評選結果在法國巴黎揭曉，意大利AC米蘭俱樂部中鋒卡卡獲此殊榮。卡卡在今年的“歐洲冠軍盃”比賽中以其突出的表現幫助球隊奪得了冠軍。

這位25歲的巴西球星在本屆“歐冠杯”中共攻入10粒進球，對AC米蘭隊奪冠起到了十分關鍵的作用。

卡卡說：“對我來說，這是不同尋常的一年，這個獎項印證了這一點。只有爲一個充滿鬥志的球隊效力才能獲此殊榮。因此我要感謝我的隊友，感謝教練。”

卡卡的妻子卡羅琳說：“作爲卡卡的妻子來參加他的頒獎儀式，我感到無比光榮。我知道，贏得這個獎項對於我丈夫來說有多麼重要。”

根據法國《足球》雜誌的評選結果，卡卡以444分榮獲“金球獎”；葡萄牙國家隊和曼聯俱樂部邊鋒克里斯蒂亞諾•羅納爾多以277分位居第二；阿根廷國家隊和巴薩俱樂部前鋒梅西以255分排在第三。

去年的“金球獎”得主是意大利國家足球隊隊長法比奧•卡納瓦羅，他帶領球隊奪得了德國“世界盃”冠軍。

按照以往的評選規則，只有52名記者能參與“金球獎”的投票，投票範圍也僅限歐洲俱樂部的球員。

但今年的評選有所不同，參與投票的記者增加至96名，“金球獎”的50名候選人也擴大到了世界各地的俱樂部。

切爾西俱樂部前鋒迪迪爾•德羅巴以108分位列第四，意大利國家隊和米蘭俱樂部中鋒安德魯•皮爾洛以41分名列第五。

幫助球隊奪得西甲聯賽冠軍的馬德里俱樂部前鋒魯德•範•尼斯特爾魯伊位居第六。2005年金球獎得主、巴西國家隊前鋒羅納爾迪尼奧跌至第12位，法國隊前鋒特里•亨利名列第19位。

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