Real Madrid's Luka Modric Set To Become 17th Winner Of The Golden Foot Award

Luka Modric is set to be awarded the 2019 Golden Foot - a prestigious individual award that Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have yet to win.

The Golden Foot award is handed out to the best performing players over the age of 29 and it's in its 17th year.

Past winners include Ronaldo Nazário, Ronaldinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, among many others. But both Messi and Ronaldo have failed to be crowned the Golden Foot winner.

Though Modric, who won the 2018 Ballon d'Or, will be awarded the Golden Foot according to Spanish outlet Marca.

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The Croatian midfielder has had an underwhelming past 12 months, but he'll add one of the sport's most coveted awards to his trophy cabinet at a ceremony in Monaco on Thursday.

This year presenters Jose Altafini, Paulo Roberto Falcao, Carolina Morace and Patrick Vieira will hand the 34-year-old Real Madrid man the accolade.

The past 17 winners of the Golden Foot award are listed below:

2003 - Roberto Baggio

2004 - Pavel Nedved

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2005 - Andriy Shevchenko

2006 - Ronaldo Nazário

2007 - Alessandro Del Piero

2008 - Roberto Carlos

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2009 - Ronaldinho

2010 - Francesco Totti

2011 - Ryan Giggs

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2012 - Zlatan Ibrahimovic

2013 - Didier Drogba

2014 - Andres Iniesta

2015 - Samuel Eto'o

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2016 - Gianluigi Buffon

2017 - Iker Casillas

2018 - Edinson Cavani

Will Ronaldo and Messi win the Golden Foot award before they both call it a day?

Topics: Football News, Football, Messi, Ronaldo, Ballon d'Or, Real Madrid, Luka Modric

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