Kompany 6th in award for best young player

WEDNESDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2005, 21:15 - Skyhawk
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Vincent Kompany ended sixth in the election of 'Ragazzo d'oro', an award of the Italian news paper Tuttosport. The award is handed out to the best young footballer of 2005 in Europe.


The 18-years old Argentinian Lionel Messi of Barcelona won. Messi ended before Wayne Rooney (Man.United), Lukas Podolski (Köln), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Man.United).

Kompany ended 6th with the same amount of points of Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow). Several newspapers from 25 countries graded the youngsters in this election.




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