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Real Madrid's Fabio Cannavaro, the captain of Italy's soccer World Cup champion team, posses with his Golden Ball award during a press conference at the headquarters of French sports daily "L'Equipe", Monday,
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![Ballon d'Or on X: "The 2006 Ballon d'Or ranking, year of the victory of @fabiocannavaro 👀 #ballondor https://t.co/2IUy4RpEOH" / X Ballon d'Or on X: "The 2006 Ballon d'Or ranking, year of the victory of @fabiocannavaro 👀 #ballondor https://t.co/2IUy4RpEOH" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2bkK1uXoAEtZk6.jpg:large)
Ballon d'Or on X: "The 2006 Ballon d'Or ranking, year of the victory of @fabiocannavaro 👀 #ballondor https://t.co/2IUy4RpEOH" / X
Italian Football TV (IFTV) on Instagram: "On this day in 2006, Fabio Cannavaro won the Ballon d'Or, the last Italian to do so ⭐️🇮🇹 @fabiocannavaroofficial"
GOAL - Fabio Cannavaro won the Ballon d'Or on this day in 2006 🏆 He's the last defender to win the award. | Facebook
FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015: most wins by team, nation and position. Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo, Barcelona, Real Madrid.
StarTimes - 📆 On This Day - 2006 🏆 Fabio Cannavaro won the Ballon d'Or! Since then, this is what it looked like .... 🇧🇷 Kaka 🇵🇹 Ronaldo 🇦🇷 Messi 🇦🇷 Messi
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