Principality of Monaco, 2 November 2021. Ten candidates and only one winner. Who is going to  succeed Cristiano Ronaldo, awarded in 2020? 

The expectation is growing to see who will be awarded the 19th Golden Foot Award, the unique  prize worldwide that can be given a player only once in his career and that opens the door for the  only place in the world where all the best footballers ever leave their footprints for the eternity: the  famous Champions Promenade in the Principality of Monaco. 

The event is scheduled for the most distinguished Champion's Gala, organized in the Salle d'Or (Golden Hall) in Fairmont Monte-Carlo. The Prize Ceremony will take place on Monday, the 29th November 2021 at 8 p.m., instead of the 9th November as previously officially announced by the  organization on the 10th September last. 

It is going to be a great World Football Day since, in the same evening, it will be given The Golden  Ball (Ballon d'Or) in Paris.  

“At first, we were surprised at the decision of our friends in the France Football League – the  Organizer of Golden Foot Award said – Then we thought that their choice to award the prize on the  same day of the 19th Golden Foot Award, can only celebrate even more the Football and pay  tribute to its protagonists. 

For the Golden Foot, basically, it comes to thank the fans and enthusiasts from all over the world,  because they are the only ones to vote the most deserving champion who will leave his footprint  for all eternity”. 

Voting was carried out on the official website www.goldenfoot.com and ended on the 31st October,  2021. The 10 top champions selected for this edition, having turned 28, are: Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Giorgio Chiellini, Neymar Jr., Mohamed Salah, Sergio Ramos, Sergio Aguero, Gerard Piqué, Karim Benzema, Romelu Lukaku. 

In addition to the winner, great champions of the past will be present, among them: Paolo Maldini, Gabriel Batistuta, Günther Netzer e Gabriele Oriali. They will be awarded the Golden Foot  Legend Award, while the Golden Foot Prestige Award, established in 2020, will reward a Club  president in activity, who stood out for the results achieved with his team.

The Champions Promenade in the Principality of Monaco welcomes until today over than 90 top  world champions' footprints, among them: Maradona, Pelé, Eusebio, Zinedine Zidane, Cristiano  Ronaldo, George Best, Ferenc Puskás, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Roberto Baggio. 

Conceived and organized by World Champions Club in the Principality of Monaco, the Golden  Foot Award was born in 2003 and since its first edition it has been under the High Patronage of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. 

NOTE TO EDITORS 

The press conference, conducted in presence, which will be attended by the winners of the  Golden Foot Legend Award 2021, will take place on Monday the 29th November at 11a.m. at  Fairmont Monte-Carlo Hotel.  

Participation is also expected in Zoom Meeting to facilitate media colleagues who are  unable to come to the Principality of Monaco. 

The accreditation Request Form to be present at the press conference or connected in  Zoom is available on the website www.goldenfoot.com 

Information: press@goldenfoot.com +377 93305717 

Media Relations: Andrea Munari/Omar Galantino go@gomontecarlo.net +39 3487110551 (WhatsApp)