Guldbollen (Golden Ball) is a Swedish football award given by Aftonbladet and the Swedish Football Association to the best male Swedish footballer each year.
| Awarded for | Association football award |
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| Country | Sweden |
| Presented by | Swedish Football Association, Aftonbladet |
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| Most wins | Zlatan Ibrahimović (12) |
| Most recent | Dejan Kulusevski (2023) |
History
editThe award was created by Bengt Liljedahl[1] and between 1946 and 1965 it was awarded in cooperation with Stockholms-Tidningen.[2]
The first Guldbollen award was given in 1946 to Gunnar Gren.[3] In 1973, Bo Larsson of Malmö FF became the first player to win the award for a second time, having previously won it in 1965. Zlatan Ibrahimović is the only player to win the award more than twice, winning it twelve times between 2005 and 2020.[4]
The female equivalent of the award, Diamantbollen, was established in 1990. Both Guldbollen and Diamantbollen are now awarded at the Fotbollsgalan.
Winners
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References
edit- ^ Jahnson, Therese (2014-11-11). "Bengt är smeden som gör Zlatans guldbollar". Mitt i. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- ^ "Guldbollen". Fogis.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- ^ "1946: Gunnar Gren, IFK Göteborg". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- ^ "Zlatan Ibrahimovic to be honoured with statue as David Beckham calls him 'one of the greatest ever'". The Telegraph. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ^ "Guldbollen". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 2023-10-22. Retrieved 2023-10-22.
External links
edit Media related to Guldbollen at Wikimedia Commons