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Cannavaro wins World Player of the Year award

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World Player of the Year 2006 Fabio Cannavaro of Italy shows his trophy¹ during the FIFA World Player Gala in Zurich Dec. 18, 2006.

Dec. 19 - Italy's World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro was named the FIFA World Player of the Year, beating playmakers Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldinho to become the first defender² to win the award.

Cannavaro received the award at glittering gala evening in Zurich, after gaining 498 votes in the poll of national team coaches and captains.

"For me it's a great honour for me to be here, because it has been an incredible season and one of great satisfaction," said the 33 year-old Neapolitan, who also won the "Golden Ball" award as European Player of the Year last month.

"The competition is scary, so strong. It's not usual for a defender to sit between Ronaldinho and Zidane," he added shortly before the award ceremony.

"Of course it must be a great compliment for the coaches I've had this year. It also underscores the way I am playing -- and look at the matches we are playing in the teams I've had, and at Real.

"I can't ask for anything else, with the World Cup and Golden Ball award - you can't do any better than that," said Cannavaro, who moved from Juventus to the Spanish club this year.

The central defender dedicated³ his win to Italian football in the wake of the match fixing scandal that saw his ex-club Juventus relegated⁴.

"Everyone knows the problems that were around before the World Cup, but this is a sign of renaissance," Cannavaro said.

France's retired⁵ three-time World Player winner Zidane, who finished his career in controversy⁶ after being sent off in the World Cup final against Italy, was second with 454 votes.

Zidane said the award to his rival on the field and successor in the Real number 5 shirt was merited.

"It's logical. I think things have gone well, it's normal that he should have won," he told journalists afterwards.

Zidane also hinted that his career in football was not over.

"I don't think this is the last one," he said of the FIFA annual gala. "As a player yes. But I think there will be something else."

Brazil and Barcelona's 2004 and 2005 winner Ronaldinho failed to win an unprecedented⁷ three titles in a row and was third with 380 votes.

Cannavaro, who marshalled Italy's steadfast⁸ defence in Germany this summer, was the first defender to carry away the world player of the year award, which has been the preserve of strikers and midfielders since 1990.

"It is more difficult for a defender to come this far, because you have Zidane and Ronaldinho who do all these wonderful things," he told reporters.

Only fellow Real Madrid defender Roberto Carlos (1997) and Italian Paolo Maldini (1995) have come close before as runners-up.

Cannavaro kicked off his career in a suburb of Naples, learning the game by marshalling defences in fiercely contested street games between children.

He later became a ball boy at the city's San Paolo stadium while Diego Maradona played there, before making his debut⁹ for the local club in Serie A in 1993 against Juventus.

Two years later he moved to Parma alongside French defender Lilian Thuram, gaining his first taste of success to lift the Italian Cup, a UEFA Cup title and make his debut for Italy in 1997.

After a passage with Inter¹⁰ Milan, Cannavaro made a comeback from a broken tibia by joining Juventus in 2004.

As well as winning the World Cup this year, Cannavaro won the Serie A with the Turin side in 2004/05 and 2005/06 before it was stripped of those titles and demoted to the second division in a match fixing scandal this year.

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1 trophy
n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品
参考例句：
The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。 He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。

2 defender
n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人
参考例句：
He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。 The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

3 dedicated
adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的
参考例句：
He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。 His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

4 relegated
v.使降级( relegate的过去式和过去分词 )；使降职；转移；把…归类
参考例句：
She was then relegated to the role of assistant. 随后她被降级做助手了。 I think that should be relegated to the garbage can of history. 我认为应该把它扔进历史的垃圾箱。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 retired
adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的
参考例句：
The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。 Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

6 controversy
n.争论，辩论，争吵
参考例句：
That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。 We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

7 unprecedented
adj.无前例的，新奇的
参考例句：
The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。 A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

8 steadfast
adj.固定的，不变的，不动摇的；忠实的；坚贞不移的
参考例句：
Her steadfast belief never left her for one moment.她坚定的信仰从未动摇过。 He succeeded in his studies by dint of steadfast application.由于坚持不懈的努力他获得了学业上的成功。

9 debut
n.首次演出，初次露面
参考例句：
That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。 The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

10 inter
v.埋葬
参考例句：
They interred their dear comrade in the arms.他们埋葬了他们亲爱的战友。 The man who died in that accident has been interred.在那次事故中死的那个人已经被埋葬了。

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