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| Brazilian Ronaldinho kisses the Golden Ball, the award for
the European player of the year. This year is the 50th anniversary
of the award. |
Ronaldinho won the Golden Ball on Monday as European player of the
year, another honor for the Brazilian following his FIFA player of the
year award last year.
Brazilian Ronaldinho kisses the Golden Ball,
the award for the European player of the year. This year is the 50th
anniversary of the award.
Ronaldinho, a midfielder who won the Spanish league title with
Barcelona and the Confederations Cup with Brazil, is the third player from
his country to win the Golden Ball following Rivaldo (1999) and Ronaldo
(1997, 2002).
Ronaldinho finished ahead of Frank Lampard of Chelsea and Steven
Gerrard of Liverpool. Andriy Shevchenko of AC Milan, last year's winner,
placed fifth behind Thierry Henry of Arsenal.
"This is a dream come true," Ronaldinho said. "When I see all the names
on the list, when I see my idols Ronaldo and Rivaldo, I realize this is a
great honor."
Ronaldinho finished with 225 points, followed by Lampard (148) and
Gerrard (142). The winner is chosen by France Football magazine's annual
poll of 52 journalists from around the world. This is the 50th anniversary
of the award, which was first won by England's Stanley Matthews.
Ronaldinho's cunning , speed, power and strength make him one of the
most dangerous attacking players.
"God gives gifts to everyone," Ronaldinho said. "Some can write, some
can dance. He gave me the skill to play football and I am making the most
of it."
The 25-year-old player joined Barcelona from Paris Saint-Germain in
2003 and has scored 33 league goals in 79 games, including nine this
season. He also has scored 13 times in 19 Champions League games for
Barcelona.
He has played 62 times for Brazil and scored 27 times. He helped the
team win its fifth World Cup title in 2002 in
Japan.
(Agencies) |
本周一，2005年度歐洲金球獎揭曉，羅納爾迪尼奧當選為歐洲足球先生，這是他自去年當選國際足聯“世界足球先生”后為巴西人贏得的又一榮譽。
今年恰逢“歐洲金球獎”創辦50周年，在頒獎現場，小羅納爾多親吻了頒發給他的年度歐洲足球先生獎杯——金球。
羅納爾迪尼奧，司職中鋒，曾幫助巴塞羅那俱樂部隊奪得西甲聯賽冠軍，并帶領巴西隊奪得聯合會杯。繼里瓦爾多（1999年獲得歐洲金球獎）和羅納爾多（1997年，2002年兩度獲得歐洲金球獎）之后，羅納爾迪尼奧成為巴西歷史上第三位捧得歐洲金球獎的足球隊員。
在評選中，得分僅次于小羅納爾多的是切爾西隊的弗蘭克·蘭帕德和利物浦隊的史蒂芬·杰拉德。上屆歐洲金球獎得主AC米蘭的安德烈·舍甫琴科在本屆評選中名列阿森納的蒂埃里·亨利之后，位居第五。
小羅納爾多說：“這是我的一個夢想，今天終于實現了。當我看到曾經榮獲該獎項的所有人名單時，當我得知我的偶像羅納爾多和里瓦爾多都曾獲得過這個獎項時，我意識到這是一個很高的榮譽?！?
小羅納爾多最終以225分捧回金球獎杯，位居第二和第三的蘭帕德和杰拉德分別得到148分和142分。每年法國《足球》雜志都會召集來自世界各地的52名記者評選出當年的歐洲足球先生。今年是歐洲金球獎創辦50周年，首屆歐洲金球獎得主是英國足球運動員斯坦利·馬修斯。
小羅納爾多在球場上的“靈活、快速和力量”使他成為最具“殺傷力”的進攻型球員之一。
“上帝賦予每個人不同的天分。有人擅長寫作，有人擅長舞蹈。上帝賜予我踢足球的天賦，我就應該把它做到最好。”羅納爾迪尼奧說。
25歲的小羅納爾多2003年從巴黎圣日耳曼轉會巴塞羅納，并在聯賽的79場比賽中打入33個進球，包括本賽季的9個進球。在歐洲冠軍聯賽巴薩隊的19場比賽中，他一人拿下13分。
他為巴西隊效力了62場比賽，進球27個。在2002年的韓日世界杯足球賽中，小羅幫助巴西隊奪得第五個世界杯冠軍。
(中國日報網站編譯) |
Updated: 2005-11-30 09:51
