Oliver Kahn wins FIFA Golden Ball

Germany´s captain Oliver Kahn became the first goalkeeper to win FIFA´s Golden Ball award, it was announced on Tuesday. The 33-year-old, whose saves saw Germany through to the World Cup final against Brazil, obtained 25 percent of votes cast by the world´s football media present at Sunday´s final and the third-place game on Saturday.

Ronaldo, who scored both goals in Brazil´s final victory, was second with South Korea´s Hong Myung-bo third. Michael Ballack received 6 votes and landed on the 9th place.

Player	Nation	Votes	Per cent
Oliver Kahn	Germany	147	25%
Ronaldo	Brazil	126	21%
Hong Myung-Bo	South Korea	108	18%
Rivaldo	Brazil	93	16%
Ronaldinho	Brazil	54	9%
Hasan Sas	Turkey	26	4%
El Hadji Diouf	Senegal	15	3%
Roberto Carlos	Brazil	12	2%
Michael Ballack	Germany	6	1%
Fernando Hierro	Spain	5	1%

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