Ronaldinho is 12th in the Golden Ball award

Ronaldinho was twelfth in the Golden Ball award given by the French magazine France Football, which was won clearly by the Brazilian from Milan Ricardo Izecson Dos Santos Leite, better known as ‘Kaká’. The Gaúcho received 18 votes in a classification which, in addition to his Brazilian national team-mate, included Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United and Leo Messi from Barcelona, in the places of honour. Kaká’s is the fifth Golden Ball for a Brazilian player in the last 10 years, since Ronaldo won it in 1997 and 2002, Rivaldo in 1999 and Ronaldinho in 2005. “It is a special year for me and this prize is the icing on an impressive year with Milan in which we have won cups and have played good football”, said the player at the prize-winning ceremony in Paris.