The Golden Foot award is an international football award, given to players who stand out for their athletic achievements (both as individuals and team players) and for their personality. The award is only given to active players of at least 27 years of age, and can only be won once.
Ten nominees are chosen by a panel of international journalists based on the criteria that they are at least 27 years of age and still playing. Out of this list, and until 2022, the winner was selected by an online poll, where anyone could vote. From 2024, the winner is selected by a committee of professionals chaired by Antonio Caliendo, the founder of the award. The winner of the award leaves a permanent mould of his footprints on "The Champions Promenade", on the seafront of the Principality of Monaco.
Since 2009, there has been a charity auction accompanying the Golden Foot event. The auction is held during the gala evening at the Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, and raises funds for fighting AIDS.
Award winners +List of Golden Foot award winnersYearPlayerClubBirth yearAward age2003 Brescia 1967 362004 Juventus 1972 322005 Milan 1976 292006 Ronaldo Real Madrid 1976 302007 Juventus 1974 332008 Fenerbahçe 1973 352009 Ronaldinho Milan 1980 292010 Francesco Totti Roma 1976 342011 Ryan Giggs Manchester United 1973 382012 Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain 1981 312013 Didier Drogba Galatasaray 1978 352014 Andrés Iniesta Barcelona 1984 302015 Samuel Eto'o Antalyaspor 1981 342016 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus 1978 382017 Iker Casillas Porto 1981 362018 Edinson Cavani Paris Saint-Germain 1987 312019 Luka Modrić Real Madrid 1985 342020 Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus 1985 352021 Mohamed Salah Liverpool 1992 292022 Robert Lewandowski Barcelona 1988 342024 Lautaro Martínez Inter Milan 1997 272025 Antoine Griezmann Atlético Madrid 1991 34
By country CountryPlayers 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
By club ClubPlayers Juventus 4 Milan 2 Paris Saint-Germain 2 Real Madrid 2 Barcelona 2 Brescia 1 Antalyaspor 1 Fenerbahçe 1 Galatasaray 1 Manchester United 1 Roma 1 Porto 1 Liverpool 1 Inter Milan 1 Atlético Madrid 1
Women's Golden Foot An equivalent award for women's football was assigned from 2022 onwards. +List of Women's Golden Foot award winnersYearPlayerClubBirth yearAward age2022 Kosovare Asllani Milan 1989 332024 Saki Kumagai Roma 1990 342025 Nadia Nadim Hammarby 1988 37
Award legends +List of Golden Foot award legendsLEGENDS – GoldenFootYearLegends2003 Diego Maradona Eusébio Gianni Rivera Just Fontaine2004 Alfredo Di Stéfano Dino Zoff Michel Platini2005 Paco Gento George Best George Weah Gigi Riva Rivellino2006 Alcides Ghiggia Ferenc Puskás Giacinto Facchetti Raymond Kopa Zico2007 Gerd Müller Hristo Stoichkov Mario Kempes Paolo Rossi Romário2008 Aldair Igor Belanov Luis Suárez Zinedine Zidane2009 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Nilton Santos Oleg Blokhin René Higuita Zbigniew Boniek2010 Carlos Dunga Francisco Varallo Franz Beckenbauer Giancarlo Antognoni Hugo Sánchez2011 Abedi Pele Javier Zanetti Luís Figo Rabah Madjer Ruud Gullit2012“Golden Foot Awards 2012 – Ibrahimovic, Pele, And Cantona” . Amfm magazine. Retrieved 23 July 2018 Eric Cantona Franco Baresi Lothar Matthäus Pelé2013 Carlos Valderrama Jean-Pierre Papin Osvaldo Ardiles2014 Antonín Panenka Jean-Marie Pfaff Hakan Şükür Hidetoshi Nakata Mia Hamm Roger Milla2015 Gheorghe Hagi Daniel Passarella David Trezeguet Rinat Dasayev2016 Frank de Boer Claudio Ranieri Carles Puyol Deco2017 Roberto Mancini Michael Owen Marcel Desailly Oliver Kahn Li Ming2018 Leonardo Araújo Clarence Seedorf Andrea Pirlo Marcello Lippi Didier Deschamps2019 Paulo Roberto Falcao Patrick Vieira José Altafini Carolina Morace2021Golden Foot Award 2021: a Monte Carlo i Fuoriclasse del Calcio Dani Alves Paolo Maldini Günter Netzer Gabriele Oriali Kelly Smith2022 Emilio Butragueño Juan Sebastián Verón Fatih Terim2024Golden Foot presents its awards Fabio Cannavaro Gerard Piqué Rui Costa Fernando Llorente Ruud Krol2025The "Golden Foot Awards" return to Monaco on 27 November 2025! Alain Boghossian Christian Karembeu Diego Simeone
Total by country
CountryTotal 15 11 12 9 6 6 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
CountryTotal 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Golden Foot Prestige Award A Prestige Award was given from 2020 onwards. +List of Golden Foot Prestige award2020 Andrea Agnelli2021 Gabriele Gravina2022 Florentino Pérez
References
External links
The Golden Foot official site