why is that goalkeepers are not nominated for FIFA's best footballer of the year?
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Goalkeepers have been nominated but I guess that there are no really outstanding goalkeepers in the world at the moment. Oliver Kahn is now Germany's back up after a mediocre season. His successor Lehman is not totally convincing at Arsenal. Petr Cech of Chelsea is not consistant enough. Paul Robinson of England is not of the caliber needed to win the award. Shay Given is probably the only one in the Premier who is good enough to be considered. The only other keeper in the world who has any recognition is Dida of Brazil and I don't think he is good enough for nomination.
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Gillette is sponsoring the 'Best Young Player Award' & they've still not decided on all the nominations.\nEvery week, FIFA adds a name to the list.\n\nLast I heard Philippe Senderos was included in that list! :D Hope Robin Van Persie gets there too & wins the award!
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i dont think so..usually a goalkeeper wont be changed unless there's injury or ban..jens lehmann also have done very well for the german..so i cant see any way oliver "king" kahn gonna play in this world cup..or even maybe after world cup..\neventhough personally i like kahn better than lehmann but that's how things going on..it will take a total blunder from lehmann if he is ever to be dropped..
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this is the greatest award really b/c it's chosen by the players themselevs. it's such a great honour! and this just makes me think Ronaldinho is going to win FIFA World Player of the Year even more. I can't believe all the titles were given to BARCA players! I mean........damnn, that's incredible, really. what other club can say that they're on Barca level? none really comes to mind.......i am so astoned you don't even know....this made my day LOL\ni like the world XI team\n\neto.......henry......ronaldinho...and Zidane in the center......\nthat's deadly right there! hahaha
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I don't know. It's too early to say.\nNormally, Golden Balls, Shoes etc are awarded to forward/strikers...I'd love to see a defender being awarded once...\nRoberto Carlos for example...
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Goalkeepers\n---------------------------------\n1 LEHMANN Jens\nDate of Birth: 10 November 1969\nCaps: 36  Goals: 0   \n\n12 KAHN Oliver\nDate of Birth: 15 June 1969\nCaps: 85  Goals: 0  \n\n23 HILDEBRAND Timo\nDate of Birth: 5 April 1979\nCaps: 3  Goals: 0    \n\nDefenders\n------------------------------\n2 JANSEN Marcell\nDate of Birth: 4 November 1985\nCaps: 7  Goals: 0   \n\n3 FRIEDRICH Arne\nDate of Birth: 29 May 1979\nCaps: 40  Goals: 0  \n\n4 HUTH Robert\nDate of Birth: 18 August 1984\nCaps: 17  Goals: 2   \n\n6 NOWOTNY Jens\nDate of Birth: 11 January 1974\nCaps: 46  Goals: 1  \n\n16 LAHM Philipp\nDate of Birth: 11 November 1983\nCaps: 22  Goals: 2\n\n17 MERTESACKER Per\nDate of Birth: 29 September 1984\nCaps: 27  Goals: 1  \n\n21 METZELDER Christoph\nDate of Birth: 5 November 1980\nCaps: 25  Goals: 0    \n\nMidfielders\n-------------------------\n5 KEHL Sebastian\nDate of Birth: 13 February 1980\nCaps: 29  Goals: 3   \n\n7 SCHWEINSTEIGER Bastian\nDate of Birth: 1 August 1984\nCaps: 32  Goals: 7  \n\n8 FRINGS Torsten\nDate of Birth: 22 November 1976\nCaps: 56  Goals: 8   \n\n13 BALLACK Michael\nDate of Birth: 26 September 1976\nCaps: 68  Goals: 31  \n\n15 HITZLSPERGER Thomas\nDate of Birth: 5 April 1982\nCaps: 15  Goals: 0   \n\n18 BOROWSKI Tim\nDate of Birth: 2 May 1980\nCaps: 24  Goals: 2  \n\n19 SCHNEIDER Bernd\nDate of Birth: 17 November 1973\nCaps: 68  Goals: 1   \n\n22 ODONKOR David\nDate of Birth: 21 February 1984\nCaps: 3  Goals: 0  \n\nForwards\n---------------------\n9  HANKE Mike\nDate of Birth: 5 November 1983\nCaps: 6  Goals: 1   \n\n10 NEUVILLE Oliver\nDate of Birth: 1 May 1973\nCaps: 59  Goals: 9  \n\n11 KLOSE Miroslav\nDate of Birth: 9 June 1978\nCaps: 59  Goals: 28   \n\n14 ASAMOAH Gerald\nDate of Birth: 3 October 1978\nCaps: 41  Goals: 6  \n\n20 PODOLSKI Lukas\nDate of Birth: 4 June 1985\nCaps: 29  Goals: 15    \n\n------------------------------\nGermany Team\n------------------------------\nFounded 1900 \nAffiliated 1904 \nWC participations 15 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002) \nWC honours Three times world champions (1954, 1974, 1990) \nContinental Titles Three times European champions (1972, 1980, 1996) \n\nFacts\nThe German national football team are among the most successful in the history of the FIFA World Cup. Only Brazil have played in more finals and won more titles. The Germans first claimed the trophy in 1954, causing shock waves when they defeated the clear favourites Hungary 3-2 in the final.\n\nTwenty years later Germany won their second title, this time on home soil. In the final in Munich they came from behind to beat Holland 2-1. A key member of the 1974 team was Franz Beckenbauer, manager of the German team that 16 years later claimed a third World title.\n\nIn the Italy '90 final Germany beat Argentina 1-0 with a late penalty. The German team have never lost an away game in the qualifiers to date.
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There was no world cup last year. But in 2002, it was Ronaldo. His 8 goals for Brazil (including both in the final) helped him win the golden boot as well as the best player award.\n\nOliver Kahn won best goalie.
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I wish all of you quit asking this question. Footbal has been around for more the 100 years. To name the best ever, you have to be more than 100 years old. Just to name Pele, you have to be at least 45, because he stop playing almost 30 years ago. Also, how can you appreciate the value of a scorer against the value of a goalkeeper who made de difference beetwen wininig and losing, stoping the other team from scoring. The same for a good defensive player. All you name are scorers, and scoring is just half of the game.
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Hi there!\n\nIt works like this: \n\n"(...)Individual national associations submitted nominations to their confederations. The names of the 44 nominated referees were submitted to FIFA months ago. \nAn arduous process then commenced. According to FIFA "when making (its) decision, the committee members evaluated the performances of the 44 candidates during FIFA competitions, continental championships and in national leagues over the past 18 months. The referees' performances at the two FIFA workshops in Frankfurt were likewise taken into account, as the match officials were subject to close scrutiny from February (12-16) 2005 and again from March (21-25) 2006. At the second workshop, the match officials underwent comprehensive medical checks, as well as a fitness test. In addition, they all completed a psychological test, and members of the FIFA Referees Committee held interviews with the candidate referees." \n\nFollowing below the list of 23 referees chosen to officiate at the 2006 World Cup in Germany:\n\nEssam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Benito Archundia (Mexico) Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) Coffi Codjia (Benin) Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) Massimo de Santis (Italy) Horacio Elizondo (Argentina) Valentin Ivanov (Russia) Toru Kamikawa (Japan) Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain) Markus Merk (Germany) Lubos Michel (Slovakia) Graham Poll (England) Eric Poulat (France) Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) Oscar Ruiz (Colombia) Mark Shield (Australia) Carlos Simon (Brazil) Kyros Vassaras (Greece).\n\nI just put part of the article for you.\nBut you can have more information on the sites listed in the Sources field, okay!?\n\nCheers,\n\nClaire
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One the one hand, one has always to remember that refs are only human beings, too, which happen to make mistakes. \nOne the other hand, the FIFA sometimes ranks football only 2nd in importance. In the Council for refrees at the FIFA, football powers like Vunau or Easttimor have more votes than the countries where football is celebrated at the highest level. Why? Because the FIFA (or let's say Blatter) needed the votes of these countries for his re-election... \nBut things have improved: In contrast to the last WC,  the FIFA has decided to let the teams of refs play who usually play together in the Leagues... So they talk the same language and know each other.
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It is supposed to be for only 6 seconds, but I have never seen a card given to a goal keeper since they allowed goalkeepers to run around the penalty area with the ball.
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Strikers, or the midfielders at the front... because really, football/soccer games and statistics are basically all about how many times you score, and that's what strikers and those midfielders do. They sort of become "heroes" after they score and contribute to a team's victory, so they are often remembered for that. \n\nAt least there are figures concerning how many saves a goalkeeper has done in his/her career, but for defenders, there isn't much to say about how many times they managed to keep the ball away from the goal, for example.
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The laws of the game require goalkeepers to wear colors that are different from the other players and the referees. This is so they are easily identifiable so that the referee does not call handball infractions on the goalkeeper by mistake.  It is a very easy mistake to make if the goalkeeper is not distinct from the other players.
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The award started in 1991 for men \n\nThe FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who is thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. In a voting system based on a type of a Borda count, each coach gets three votes, worth five points, three points and one point, and the winners are ordered based on total number of points.\n\n\n2005 \nDetails 1st Ronaldinho  Brazil\n2nd Frank Lampard  England \n3rd Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon \n2004 \nDetails 1st Ronaldinho  Brazil\n2nd Thierry Henry  France \n3rd Andriy Shevchenko  Ukraine \n2003 \n1st Zinedine Zidane  France \n2nd Thierry Henry  France \n3rd Ronaldo  Brazil  \n2002 \n1st Ronaldo  Brazil\n2nd Oliver Kahn  Germany\n3rd Zinedine Zidane  France \n2001 \n1st Luís Figo  Portugal \n2nd David Beckham  England \n3rd Raúl  Spain Real \n2000 \n1st Zinedine Zidane  France \n2nd Luís Figo  Portugal \n3rd Rivaldo  Brazil \n1999 \n1st Rivaldo  Brazil  \n2nd David Beckham  England \n3rd Gabriel Batistuta  Argentina \n1998 \n1st Zinedine Zidane  France \n2nd Ronaldo  Brazil \n3rd Davor Šuker  Croatia\n1997 \n1st Ronaldo  Brazil \n2nd Roberto Carlos  Brazil \n3rd (tie) Dennis Bergkamp  Netherlands, Zinedine Zidane  France  \n1996 \n1st Ronaldo  Brazil \n2nd Alessandro Del Piero  Italy \n3rd Alan Shearer  England \n1995 \n1st George Weah  Liberia Paris \n2nd Paolo Maldini  Italy \n3rd Jürgen Klinsmann  Germany \n1994 \n1st Romário  Brazil \n2nd Hristo Stoitchkov  Bulgaria \n3rd Roberto Baggio  Italy \n1993 \n1st Roberto Baggio  Italy \n2nd Romário  Brazil \n3rd Dennis Bergkamp  Netherlands \n1992 \n1st Marco van Basten  Netherlands \n2nd Hristo Stoitchkov  Bulgaria \n3rd Thomas Häßler  Germany \n1991 \n1st Lothar Matthäus  Germany \n2nd Jean-Pierre Papin  France \n3rd Gary Lineker  England
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there;s no particular best player\nsoo many of them have played fantastic. nobody can pick out one
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I think the World Cup 2006 has not yet reached the phase where you can talk about who is heading for the golden shoe. The first round hasn't even finished yet. If Ronaldo wants it he'd better start playing football instead of what he is doing now. Christiano Ronaldo has now scored one goal in 149 minutes, which is not enough if you want to be topscorer.\n\nFifa has a poll on their site and they nominate:\nMiroslav Klose (GER)\nMichael Owen (ENG)\nRuud van Nistelrooij (NED)\nAli Karimi (IRN)\nLuca Toni (ITA)\nRonaldinho (BRA)\nThierry Henry (FRA)\nAndriy Shevchenko (UKR)\n\nSome of those also seem unlikely, I have to admit. \n\nDon't misunderstand I think Christiano Ronaldo is a great player and of course he can still score lots of goals this WC. Ronaldo I think is no longer the great player he once was. He won the golden shoe in 2002.\n\nIf your question means I have to choose between those 2 I'd say Christiano Ronaldo.
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In the current Brazilian world cup squad, there are only two players who play for league teams in Brazil. They are Rogerio Ceni, who is the third choice goalkeeper and plays for Sao Paulo, and Ricardinho who is a midfielder playing for Corinthians.\n\nBoth of them are fringe players, and neither of them is likely to play in the starting team for Brazil unless they have injury problems to other players...they may not even be on the substitutes bench!\n\nUnfortunately, these days almost all talented Brazilian players now leave Brazil to play in European leagues because the wages are much, much higher. Last year over 300 Brazilian players were signed to European teams, which means that the quality of the league teams in Brazil is much reduced. The days of players like Pele spending almost his whole career in Brazil are long gone.