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05 November 2019 Countdown to the "Golden Foot" prize to be awarded Tuesday 12 November in Montecarlo, in the presence of Prince Albert II of Monaco. The winner, in addition to receiving the prestigious award, will leave the footprint on the "Champions Promenade" of the Monaco waterfront, the equivalent to the world of football of the famous Hollywood "Walk of Fame".The golden roll of the award, born in 2003 from an idea by Antonio Caliendo, the "father" of Italian prosecutors who in the past managed champions of the caliber of Trezeguet, Antognoni, Schillaci, Aldair, Dunga, Baggio, Passarella, Ramon Diaz is impressive and includes both active players and legends of the past such as Baggio (first winner), Maradona, Pelè, Zico, Beckenbauer, Paolo Rossi, De Boer, Di Stefano, Eusebio, Totti, Zanetti, Ronaldinho, Del Piero, Ibrahimovic, Ronaldo, Casillas and Cavani, last two winners.
To contend for the Golden Foot 2019, which will be awarded on the basis of public voting via the web through the official website of the event, ten candidates will be chosen by a jury of journalists from the major world newspapers. These are the ten nominations: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) , Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd), Thiago Silva (Paris Sg).
Instead, define the "Legends": Patrick Viera, Paulo Roberto Falcao, Josè Altafini and Carolina Morace, the first Italian player, as well as second in absolute after the American Miam Ham in 2014, to register her name among the stars of the Monegasque event.