Super Striker of Uruguay won the adidas Golden Ball Award in FIFA world Cup 2010
adidas Golden Ball Award FIFA world Cup 2010 Winner
Name: Diego FORLAN National Team: Uruguay Date of Birth: 19 May 1979 Height: 181 cm Shirt number: 10 Position: Forward |
Diego Forlan, the super striker of Uruguay Nicknamed as Cachavacha because of his likeness to the Argentinian cartoon character of the same name, He was a tennis player up to age of 14 and came to the Football. And now he is in National Team of Uruguay as a Deadly finisher. He got 5 goals from 7 matches in world cup 2010. His first international game was on 27th March 2002 against Saudi Arabia. He earned total of 29 international goals(till 11th July 2010). He was the member of English club Manchester United from 2002 to 2004 and now in 2010 he is playing in Atletico Madrid, the Spanish football club.
adidas Golden Ball winner, Diego Forlan elected three times as man of the Match in this World cup 2010. It were against Ghana, South Africa and France.
Golden ball award winner Forlan against Germany in Losers Final
Forlan celebrating the first goal against Netherlands in Semi Final 2010
adidas Golden Ball past winners
- 1982 FIFA World Cup Spain: Paolo Rossi
- 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico: Diego Maradona
- 1990 FIFA World Cup Italy: Salvatore Schillaci
- 1994 FIFA World Cup USA: Romario
- 1998 FIFA World Cup France: Ronaldo
- 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea -Japan: Oliver Kahn
- 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Zinedine Zidane