Guldbollen
Awarded for | Association football award |
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Country | Sweden |
Presented by | Swedish Football Association, Aftonbladet |
History | |
Most wins | Zlatan Ibrahimović (12) |
Most recent | Viktor Gyökeres (2024) |
Guldbollen (Golden Ball) is a Swedish football award given by Aftonbladet and the Swedish Football Association to the best male Swedish footballer each year.
History
[edit]The award was created by Bengt Liljedahl[1] and between 1946 and 1965 it was awarded in cooperation with Stockholms-Tidningen.[2]
The first Guldbollen award was given in 1946 to Gunnar Gren.[3] In 1973, Bo Larsson of Malmö FF became the first player to win the award for a second time, having previously won it in 1965. Zlatan Ibrahimović is the only player to win the award more than twice, winning it twelve times between 2005 and 2020.[4]
The female equivalent of the award, Diamantbollen, was established in 1990. Both Guldbollen and Diamantbollen are now awarded at the Fotbollsgalan.
Winners
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Source:[5]
By club
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11 |
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8 |
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5 |
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4 |
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4 |
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4 |
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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4 |
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3 |
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2 |
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2 |
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2 |
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2 |
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2 |
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2 |
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2 |
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2 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
References
[edit]- ^ Jahnson, Therese (11 November 2024). "Bengt är smeden som gör Zlatans guldbollar". Mitt i. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "Guldbollen". Fogis.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "1946: Gunnar Gren, IFK Göteborg". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "Zlatan Ibrahimovic to be honoured with statue as David Beckham calls him 'one of the greatest ever'". The Telegraph. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
- ^ "Guldbollen". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
External links
[edit] Media related to Guldbollen at Wikimedia Commons