The shortlist for this year’s Golden Ball recepient is out…and here they are in no particular order:

Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)

Maniche (Portugal)

Michael Ballack (Germany)

Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy)

Thierry Henry (France)

Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)

Patrick Vieira (France)

Miroslav Klose (Germany)

Zinedine Zidane (France)

My personal vote goes to Cannavaro

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