# Golden Foot

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 winners :
| Year | Player | Club |
| 2003 | Roberto Baggio | Brescia |
| 2004 | Pavel Nedvěd | Juventus |
| 2005 | Andriy Shevchenko | Milan |
| 2006 | Ronaldo | Real Madrid |
| 2007 | Alessandro Del Piero | Juventus |
| 2008 | Roberto Carlos | Fenerbahçe |
| 2009 | Ronaldinho | Milan |
| 2010 | Francesco Totti | Roma |
| 2011 | Ryan Giggs | Manchester United |
| 2012 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2013 | Didier Drogba | Galatasaray |
| 2014 | Andrés Iniesta | Barcelona |
| 2015 | Samuel Eto'o | Antalyaspor |
| 2016 | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus |
| 2017 | Iker Casillas | Porto |
| 2018 | Edinson Cavani | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2019 | Luka Modrić | Real Madrid |
| 2020 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus |
| 2021 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool |
| 2022 | Robert Lewandowski | Barcelona |
| 2024 | Lautaro Martínez | Inter Milan |

### By country

| Country | Players |
| Italy | 4 |
| Brazil | 3 |
| Spain | 2 |
| Croatia | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 |
| Wales | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 |
| Cameroon | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 |
| Poland | 1 |
| Argentina | 1 |

### By club

| Club | Players |
| 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 |

## Women's Golden Foot

An equivalent award for women's football was assigned from 2022 onwards.
List of Women's Golden Foot award winners :
| Year | Player | Club |
| 2022 | Kosovare Asllani | Milan |
| 2024 | Saki Kumagai | Roma |

## Award legends

List of Golden Foot award legends :
| Year | Legends |
| 2003 | Diego Maradona |
| 2003 | Eusébio |
| 2003 | Gianni Rivera |
| 2003 | Just Fontaine |
| 2004 | Alfredo Di Stéfano |
| 2004 | Dino Zoff |
| 2004 | Michel Platini |
| 2005 | Paco Gento |
| 2005 | George Best |
| 2005 | George Weah |
| 2005 | Gigi Riva |
| 2005 | Rivellino |
| 2006 | Alcides Ghiggia |
| 2006 | Ferenc Puskás |
| 2006 | Giacinto Facchetti |
| 2006 | Raymond Kopa |
| 2006 | Zico |
| 2007 | Gerd Müller |
| 2007 | Hristo Stoichkov |
| 2007 | Mario Kempes |
| 2007 | Paolo Rossi |
| 2007 | Romário |
| 2008 | Aldair |
| 2008 | Igor Belanov |
| 2008 | Luis Suárez |
| 2008 | Zinedine Zidane |
| 2009 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge |
| 2009 | Nilton Santos |
| 2009 | Oleg Blokhin |
| 2009 | René Higuita |
| 2009 | Zbigniew Boniek |
| 2010 | Carlos Dunga |
| 2010 | Francisco Varallo |
| 2010 | Franz Beckenbauer |
| 2010 | Giancarlo Antognoni |
| 2010 | Hugo Sánchez |
| 2011 | Abedi Pele |
| 2011 | Javier Zanetti |
| 2011 | Luís Figo |
| 2011 | Rabah Madjer |
| 2011 | Ruud Gullit |
| 2012 | Eric Cantona |
| 2012 | Franco Baresi |
| 2012 | Lothar Matthäus |
| 2012 | Pelé |
| 2013 | Carlos Valderrama |
| 2013 | Jean-Pierre Papin |
| 2013 | Osvaldo Ardiles |
| 2014 | Antonín Panenka |
| 2014 | Jean-Marie Pfaff |
| 2014 | Hakan Şükür |
| 2014 | Hidetoshi Nakata |
| 2014 | Mia Hamm |
| 2014 | Roger Milla |
| 2015 | Gheorghe Hagi |
| 2015 | Daniel Passarella |
| 2015 | David Trezeguet |
| 2015 | Rinat Dasayev |
| 2016 | Frank de Boer |
| 2016 | Claudio Ranieri |
| 2016 | Carles Puyol |
| 2016 | Deco |
| 2017 | Roberto Mancini |
| 2017 | Michael Owen |
| 2017 | Marcel Desailly |
| 2017 | Oliver Kahn |
| 2017 | Li Ming |
| 2018 | Leonardo Araújo |
| 2018 | Clarence Seedorf |
| 2018 | Andrea Pirlo |
| 2018 | Marcello Lippi |
| 2018 | Didier Deschamps |
| 2019 | Paulo Roberto Falcao |
| 2019 | Patrick Vieira |
| 2019 | José Altafini |
| 2019 | Carolina Morace |
| 2021 | Dani Alves |
| 2021 | Paolo Maldini |
| 2021 | Günter Netzer |
| 2021 | Gabriele Oriali |
| 2021 | Kelly Smith |
| 2022 | Emilio Butragueño |
| 2022 | Juan Sebastián Verón |
| 2022 | Fatih Terim |
| 2024 | Fabio Cannavaro |
| 2024 | Gerard Piqué |
| 2024 | Rui Costa |
| 2024 | Fernando Llorente |
| 2024 | Ruud Krol |

### Total by country

| Country | Total |
| Italy | 15 |
| Brazil | 11 |
| France | 10 |
| Argentina | 8 |
| Germany | 6 |
| Spain | 6 |
| Netherlands | 4 |
| Portugal | 4 |
| Colombia | 2 |
| Sweden | 2 |
| Turkey | 2 |
| Ukraine | 2 |
| Algeria | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 1 |
| Country | Total |
| Cameroon | 1 |
| China | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 |
| England | 1 |
| Ghana | 1 |
| Hungary | 1 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Liberia | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 |
| Poland | 1 |
| Romania | 1 |
| Russia | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 |

## Golden Foot Prestige Award

A Prestige Award was given from 2020 onwards.
List of Golden Foot Prestige award :
| 2020 | Andrea Agnelli |
| 2021 | Gabriele Gravina |
| 2022 | Florentino Pérez |