Podolski up for award
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ByEurosport
Published 06/07/2006 at 12:45 GMT
German striker Lukas Podolski heads the list of candidates for FIFA's inaugural young player of the tournament award. Tricky Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo, along with Luis Valencia, Lionel Messi, Tranquilo Barnetta and Cesc Fabregas completed the li
FOOTBALL 2006 World Cup Germany Podolski
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Podolski is currently the tournament's second top scorer with three goals, and has impressed many with his finishing skills in a lethal partnership with Miroslav Klose which has netted eight times in total.
The award - which more than a million fans have voted for - is based on four criteria; skill, exciting play, fair play and role model behaviour
There was no place for England's Wayne Rooney or Franck Ribéry of France, who is the potential candidate who will dispute the final on Sunday.
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