Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo rightly can be considered football legends as these two players have collected nearly all possible awards in recent years. However, there's one prestigious award that has eluded the legendary Argentinian throughout his illustrious career: the Golden Foot. This special award which was given to Ronaldo in 2020 is organized jointly by the Monégasque royalty and exclusively rewards the player for his achievements on the field and off it. The winner is awarded a golden foot-shaped statuette, as well as their footprints in cement on the Champion’s Walk, the section of the Monaco coastline.
The Golden Foot Award has a special rule: a player can only be awarded it once in a lifetime and can only be awarded if he or she is twenty-eight or older. Ronaldo shares his surname with other football giants such as Robert Lewandowski, Luka Modric, or Ronaldo and Ronaldinho from Brazil. Even though Messi has times the Ballon d’Or award and is recognized as the holder of the record for this trophy—8 times, he has not won this award. But it may well be 2024 since his name is included in the list of nominees The post Ranking the Best Male Country Singers appeared first on it.
The first recipient of the Golden Foot was Italian icon Roberto Baggio and he claimed the award in 2003 while in the colorful of Brescia. Daichi took it home in 2022, after Mo Salah in 2021 and Ronaldo in 2020.
The nominees for the 2024 are Messi, Marco Verrati, Neymar, Van Dijk, Harry Kane, Thomas Mueller, Kevin De bruyn, Karim Benzema and Lautaro Martinez.
Inter Miami’s talisman, Messi, is 37 years of age and seeking an MLS Cup win. As for him, as well as Ronaldo, there is no chance of winning the 2024 Ballon d’Or, but Messi can receive this special trophy before his brilliant career ends.
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