Brazilian soccer midfielder Kaka playing for Milan soccer club
of Italy was elected as Europe's best soccer player, according to a
poll among American continent journalists published on Sunday by
Uruguayan El Pais daily.
Kaka, 25, won the award by just one vote over Argentine soccer
player Lionel Messi of Barcelona soccer club in Spain.
Third place was taken by Portuguese soccer player Crsitiano
Ronaldo a Manchester United soccer club player in England, who at
some time in the poll shared the temporary leadership together with
the two South Americans.
In December the Federation of International Football
Associations (FIFA) named Kaka Ricardo Izecson as Best Player of
2007, in a poll in which coaches and national soccer team captains
participated.
The other soccer players that followed in the poll carried out
by Uruguayan daily El Pais were Italian native Andrea
Pirlo (Milan soccer club, Italy), Spanish native Cesc Fabregas
(Arsenal soccer club, England), among many others.
(Xinhua News Agency December 31, 2007)