Football: Fabio Sits On Top of the World ; More Joy for Italy Skipper

The Journal › December 19, 2006

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FABIO Cannavaro was proud to become the first defender to be named Fifa World Player of the Year after collecting the award at the annual gala ceremony in Zurich last night.

The accolade caps off an outstanding year for the Italy and Real Madrid centre-half, who captained his country to World Cup glory this summer and was presented with the Ballon D'Or in November.

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Football: Fabio Sits On Top of the World ; More Joy for Italy Skipper

He would have been able to add a Serie A winner's medal to his haul but for the Italian match-fixing scandal, which saw his former club Juventus stripped ...

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