Modric Wins An Award Messi And Ronaldo Are Yet To Win
Luka Modric has bagged the 2019 Golden Foot award, which is given to successful players over the age of 29.
The Croatian became the 17th player to receive the prize, with the first having been awarded to Roberto Baggio in 2003 whilst the Italian was plying his trade at Brescia.
In his remark he said, “It is an honour for me to receive this award.”
“I am returning to my best level, as I showed in the last game (against Eibar).
“There are seven very important matches until the end of the year and we will try to keep playing well.”
This is a prestigious award that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are yet to add to their list of awards.
Spanish players have won the Golden Foot on two occasions, with Andres Iniesta in 2014 and Iker Casillas three years later, while Paris Saint-Germain player Edinson Cavani was the last to collect it in 2018.
Here is the list of previous winners:
2003: Roberto Baggio
2004: Pavel Nedvěd.
2005: Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko
2006: Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima
2007: Alessandro Del Piero
2008: Roberto Carlos.
2009: Ronaldinho (Ronaldo de Assis Moreira)
2010: Francesco Totti
2011: Ryan Joseph Giggs
2012: Zlatan Ibrahimović
2013: Didier Yves Drogba Tébily
2014: Andrés Iniesta Luján
2015: Samuel Eto’o Fils
2016: Gianluigi “Gigi” Buffon
2017: Iker Casillas Fernández
2018: Edinson Roberto Cavani Gómez
2019: Luka Modrić