2016 Golden Foot Hublot Award

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2016 Golden Foot Hublot Award - Hublot
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Gianluigi Buffon wins the 2016 Golden Foot Hublot Award, the fan’s highest distinction.

For its 14th outing in Monaco on the 11th of October, the Golden Foot Hublot Award recognises the career of Gianluigi Buffon, which is now sealed in bronze. The best footballers in the world were invited by His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco for the presentation of the Golden Foot Hublot Award that shows the public and the fans’ favourite player and that can only be won once. This prize can be presented to active experienced players and the legends of the game. A jury of international journalists selects 30 players who are over 28 years old and the public votes first to decide on 10 nominees. A second public round of voting then chooses the winner whose name is revealed at the Golden Foot Hublot Ceremony. A golden trophy is presented to the winner who leaves his footprint in a bronze mould. Maradona and his footprints are the first on the Promenade des Champions on the seafront in the Principality of Monaco. The bare footprints of the 70 greatest names in football are moulded into the ground.

The nine nominees alongside Buffon for the 2016 edition were: Rooney, Ronaldo, Cavani, Casillas, Messi, Kaka, Thiago Silva, Pirlo and Lampard and celebrated from amongst the legends of football were Antonio Caliendo (the president and founder of the award), Deco, Carles Puyol, Frank de Boer, Claudio Ranieri and Didier Deschamps.

Gianluigi Buffon was already elected best goalkeeper of the 21st Century by the IFFHS, best goalkeeper in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, best footballer in the world by UEFA in 2003 and is one of the most loyal players in history. Over 20 years ago, Buffon was signed by Parma in Serie A at the age of 17, before joining Juventus in 2001, with whom he still plays to this day. His contract has been extended until 2018 so he will celebrate his 40th birthday with the Squadra and his 17 years with the club.

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