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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Juventus and Portugal talisman Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0won the 18th edition of the Golden Foot Award on Tuesday, beating Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) and Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Football Italia<\/em>,Ronaldo garnered more votes than Messi, Lewandowski, his club teammate Giorgio Chiellini, Salah, Neymar, Sergio Ramos, Sergio Aguero, Gerard Pique and Inter Milan midfielder Arturo Vidal.<\/p>\n

The trophy is voted for by the general public from a shortlist of 10 superstars every year.<\/p>\n

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Football – Bundesliga – Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt – Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany – October 24, 2020. Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their third goal to complete his hat-trick.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a Juventus Double\u00a0as president Andrea Agnelli was also awarded the first edition of the\u00a0Golden Foot Prestige<\/strong>, chosen by a commission of international media figures.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Golden Foot award<\/strong>\u00a0is an international football award, given to players who stand out for their athletic achievements (both as individuals and team players) and for their personality.<\/p>\n

The award is only given to active players of at least 28 years of age, and can only be won once.<\/p>\n

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Football – Champions League – Group Stage – Group H – Juventus v BSC Young Boys – Allianz Stadium, Turin, Italy – October 2, 2018. Juventus sporting director Fabio Paratici, director Pavel Nedved and president Andrea Agnelli inside the stadium before the match.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ten players are chosen by a panel of international journalists based on the criteria that they are at least 28 years of age and still playing.<\/p>\n

Out of this list, the winner is selected by an online poll, where anyone can vote.<\/p>\n

The winner of the award leaves a permanent mould of his footprints on “The Champions Promenade”, on the seafront of the Principality of Monaco.<\/p>\n

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The Golden Foot Award.\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: Juventus and Portugal talisman Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0won the 18th edition of the Golden Foot Award on Tuesday, beating Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) and Mohamed Salah (Liverpool). According to\u00a0Football Italia,Ronaldo garnered more votes than Messi, Lewandowski, his club teammate Giorgio Chiellini, Salah, Neymar, Sergio Ramos, Sergio Aguero, Gerard Pique and Inter Milan midfielder […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":18495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[4391,6708,5386],"class_list":["post-18494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-cristiano-ronaldo","tag-foot-award","tag-lionel-messi"],"yoast_head":"\nRonaldo beats Messi, Lewandowski and Mohamed Salah to win Golden Foot Award - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Juventus and Portugal talisman Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0won the 18th edition of the Golden Foot Award on Tuesday, beating Lionel Messi (Barcelona),\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/ronaldo-beats-messi-lewandowski-and-mohamed-salah-to-win-golden-foot-award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ronaldo beats Messi, Lewandowski and Mohamed Salah to win Golden Foot Award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Juventus and Portugal talisman Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0won the 18th edition of the Golden Foot Award on Tuesday, beating Lionel Messi (Barcelona),\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/ronaldo-beats-messi-lewandowski-and-mohamed-salah-to-win-golden-foot-award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-02T21:17:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/ronaldo_beats_messi5fc752aa6a0e5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/ronaldo-beats-messi-lewandowski-and-mohamed-salah-to-win-golden-foot-award#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/ronaldo-beats-messi-lewandowski-and-mohamed-salah-to-win-golden-foot-award\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ronaldo beats Messi, Lewandowski and Mohamed Salah to win Golden Foot Award\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-02T21:17:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/ronaldo-beats-messi-lewandowski-and-mohamed-salah-to-win-golden-foot-award\"},\"wordCount\":305,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/ronaldo-beats-messi-lewandowski-and-mohamed-salah-to-win-golden-foot-award#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/12\/ronaldo_beats_messi5fc752aa6a0e5.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Cristiano Ronaldo\",\"Foot Award\",\"Lionel Messi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/ronaldo-beats-messi-lewandowski-and-mohamed-salah-to-win-golden-foot-award#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/ronaldo-beats-messi-lewandowski-and-mohamed-salah-to-win-golden-foot-award\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/ronaldo-beats-messi-lewandowski-and-mohamed-salah-to-win-golden-foot-award\",\"name\":\"Ronaldo beats Messi, Lewandowski and Mohamed Salah to win Golden Foot Award - 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