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Lionel Messi wins FIFA world player award
Updated: 2011-01-11 10:27
(Agencies)
Silvia Neid of Germany (L) FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women's Football stands at the podium next to Jose Mourinho of Portugal, FIFA World Coach of the Year, during the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2010 soccer awards ceremony in Zurich, January 10, 2011. REUTERS |
Jose Mourinho won the men's coach award for leading Inter Milan to a treble including the Champions League.
Mourinho beat World Cup-winning Spain coach Vicente del Bosque and Pep Guardiola of Barcelona to the inaugural honor. The Portuguese coach guided Inter to the Italian league and cup double before leaving to join Real Madrid.
"The most important things for me are the collective titles, not the individual ones," Mourinho said.
Marta of Brazil, FIFA Women's World Player 2010 receives her trophy from FIFA President Sepp Blatter during the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2010 soccer awards ceremony in Zurich, January 10, 2011. REUTERS |
Brazil forward Marta won the women's player award for a fifth straight year, defeating Germany internationals Birgit Prinz and Kosovo-born Lira Bajramaj.
Marta was rewarded for her outstanding season with United States women's professional league champion Gold Pride. She is a free agent after the Santa Clara, California, club folded in November.
"I'm looking at contracts for the league. For the time being I have nothing confirmed," she said through a translator.
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