There may be a historic shift in price for this year's striker. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 38, has received the award 13 times, of which twelve consecutive years. He has been dominant in the LA Galaxy this past season and finished second in the MLS shooting league with 30 goals in the base game.
The football gala at Hovet will be held on Monday, November 11. One single Swedish player went through the jury's needle eye: Malmö FF's goalkeeper Johan Dahlin. Otherwise, there are often foreign professionals on the men's side. Among the ladies there are damall Swedish players in all categories.
It will be a muted gala as the men's national team players will not be in place at Hovet. They are then in Cyprus and are loading ahead of the decisive European qualifying match away to Romania on November 15.