FIFA World Cup Silver Ball Winners

Except for 12 years coinciding with WWII, the World Cup of soccer has been held every 4 years since the first contest in Uruguay, 1930. Known as the biggest single sport event in the world, the World Cup will be held in the African continent for the very first time in South Africa, 2010. To get ready for a spectacular competition, let's look at one of the awards in the World Cup: the Silver Ball.

Obviously, the ultimate prize in the World Cup is the World Cup itself, which is awarded to the winning country. However, it will be a rather drab affair if the month long affair just ends with only one country going home with the trophy. To make things a little more interesting for the fans, the best player of the World Cup will be awarded the Golden Ball, the second best player, the Silver Ball, and the third best player, the Bronze Ball. As the players are voted by members of the media, these awards are highly respected.

Officially, the first Silver Ball was awarded in Spain, 1982 to Falcao of Brazil. However, there's a backtrack of the most outstanding players right up to the inaugural event so the very first Silver Ball winner was Guillermo Stabile of Argentina in 1930. The greatest Silver Ball winner has to be Pele of Brazil. When he mesmerized the world with his spectacular "bicycle kick" goal in the final of the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, he was only 17 years old. With Pele, Brazil went on to win 3 World Cups, culminating in Mexico, 1970 when Pele also won the Golden Ball. Other noteworthy Silver Ball winners include England's Bobby Moore in 1966, West Germany's Franz Beckenbauer in 1974, Italy's Paolo Rossi in 1978, Brazil's Ronaldo in 2002, and Italy's Fabio Cannavaro in 2006.

Who will win the Silver Ball in 2010? You will have to wait to find out. Now, you can get instant cash for silver when you sell silver. Just get in touch with this silver buyer to find out more!