Today, the name of the winner of the Golden Ball 2009 delivered by the magazine France Football to the best players of the year has been announced. In this classification, and with a total of 149 obtained points, has been situated Andrés Iniesta.
The player from La Mancha has been classified in 4th place, just after his partner of the FC Barcelona, Xavi, of Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) and of the also FC Barcelona player and champion, Lionel Messi.
The player from Fuentealbilla feels satisfied by the great fulfilled season full of prizes and recognitions and he congratulates the winner and to the rest of qualifiers, very especially “to Messi and Xavi, my friends and partners. They deserve these recognitions”.