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It can't just be about playing with Daniel Agger, as in recent weeks he has seemed to outshine
even his highly regarded Danish teammate, though perhaps that the partnership allows him to now
consistently play on his favoured right side could be part of it.
It isn't entirely a surprise, either, as in his early days at Liverpool he was for many the man
who would replace Jamie Carragher; a confident, physical defender set to anchor the defence for
years to come.
Will this be the year that Marta will be dethroned as FIFA's women's world player of the year?
The Brazilian striker has won the award for the past five years and was among the 10 players
nominated for the 2011 award.
The United States has three players on the list all of whom played for the WNT at last
summer's Women's World Cup in Germany.
The No. 1 girls' player in the country, by unanimous decision, is Morgan Brian. She even has the
hardware to prove it. Brian received the Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year Award
on...
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Manchester United 2011 Player of the Year was Nani while Javier Hernandez
picked up the fans Player of the award.
Last night's announcement that Gareth Bale has been named PFA Player of the Year was not a great
surprise to many. Bale fought off competition from the likes of Charlie Adam, Rafael van der Vaart,
Carlos Tevez and Nemanja Vidic to scoop the prestigious award, voted for the highest proportion of
his fellow professionals.
The amazing Marta won her fifth consecutive FIFA player of the year award Monday, ahead of
Germany's Fatmire Bajramaj and Birgit Prinz.
Hosted at the Zurich Kongresshaus, the evening's FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala raised the curtain on the
new decade in style. Attracting the cream of the soccer world, who had come to pay tribute to the
leading players and coaches of 2010, the event reached its long-awaited climax with the award of
the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or, a fusion of the FIFA World Player of the Year award and France
Football magazine's Ballon d'Or.
US National Team player Landon Donovan was named as Futbol De Primera's Player of the Year for
2010, the seventh time he's won the award. Donovan also won the US Soccer Federation's Athlete of
the Year award for 2010, a year highlighted not only by his play for the US National Team, but
standout performances on loan to Everton in England's Premier League and with the Los Angeles
Galaxy.
