{"id":14784,"date":"2010-07-09T14:28:42","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T18:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballfashion.wordpress.com\/?p=14784"},"modified":"2010-07-09T14:28:42","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T18:28:42","slug":"adidas-and-fifa-reveal-world-cup-golden-ball-award-nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/09\/adidas-and-fifa-reveal-world-cup-golden-ball-award-nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"adidas and FIFA Reveal World Cup Golden Ball Award Nominees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Johannesburg, 9<sup>th<\/sup> July 2010<\/strong> \u2013 Today, the  FIFA General Secretary J\u00e9r\u00c3\u00b4me Valcke and adidas Group CEO Herbert Hainer officially announced the 10 nominees  for the 2010 FIFA World Cup\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 adidas Golden Ball  award at a press conference and photo call at adidas PR  Headquarters, Jo\u2019bulani Central in Johannesburg. The adidas Golden Ball is the official FIFA trophy for  the \u201cBest Player of the Tournament.\u201d The ten nominated players were  selected by the Technical Study Group of FIFA who include football  experts such as Kalusha Bwalya, Christian Karembeu, Jomo Sono and G\u00e9rard  Houllier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/img.terra.com.br\/i\/2010\/07\/09\/1597747-4331-atm14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/img.terra.com.br\/i\/2010\/07\/09\/1597747-4331-atm14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nominees (with country and shirt number in parentheses) for the 2010 FIFA World Cup\u00e2\u201e\u00a2  adidas Golden Ball trophy are:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Diego Forlan<\/strong> (URU, 10)<br \/>\n<strong>Asamoah  Gyan<\/strong> (GHA, 3)<br \/>\n<strong>Andres Iniesta<\/strong> (ESP, 6) \u00a0<strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Lionel Messi<\/strong> (ARG,  10)\u00a0<strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Mesut \u00d6zil<\/strong> (GER, 8)\u00a0<strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Arjen Robben<\/strong> (NED, 11)\u00a0<strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Bastian  Scheweinsteiger<\/strong> (GER, 7)\u00a0<strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Wesley Sneijder<\/strong> (NED, 10)<br \/>\n<strong>David  Villa<\/strong> (ESP, 7)\u00a0<strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>XAVI<\/strong> (ESP, 8).<\/p>\n<p>Accredited media representatives will vote to  determine the winners of the adidas Golden, Silver and Bronze ball awards on www.fifa.com. 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