Forlan gets Golden Ball, Mueller wins Golden Boot
JOHANNESBURG – Uruguay striker Diego Forlan has been awarded theGolden Ball as the World Cup’s best player, and Germany forwardThomas Mueller won the Golden Boot as the tournament’s top scorerwith five goals.
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Forlan gets shock ‘best player’ nod
Monday, July 12th, 2010 11:12:00 JOHANNESBURG : Uruguay striker Diego Forlan was surprisingly awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the 2010 World Cup this morning. Atletico Madrid striker Forlan grabbed five goals at the tournament as his country finished in fourth place after losing Saturday’s third-place playoff to Germany. The former Manchester United player polled 23.4 per cent of …
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Best Player: Uruguay striker Diego Forlan
JOHANNESBURG, July 12 — Factbox on Uruguay striker Diego Forlan, who won the best player of the World Cup award on Sunday: Born: May 19, 1979 in Montevideo (Uruguay) Early days and personal life * Ditched a budding tennis career for football as a teenager, and made his mark with Argentina’s Independiente before sealing a 7.5 million-pound (RM36 …
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Diego Forlan’s major impact at WCup
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) -The difference between success and failure in football is often measured in inches, and so it proved for Uruguay and star striker Diego Forlan on Saturday.
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