POSTED: Wednesday December 9th 2009
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Grammy award winner Laura Pausini to perform at the FIFA World Player Gala 2009

FIFA World Player Gala 2009

Grammy award winner Laura Pausini will     headline the musical acts at this year’s FIFA World Player Gala, which     will take place at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, FIFA’s home     city, on 21 December 2009. Support act The Harlem Gospel Singers will also     perform at the gala, which will be hosted by CNN International Sports     presenter Pedro Pinto and Sky Sports presenter Charlotte     Jackson.

The FIFA     World Player Gala has been organised by FIFA since 1991, and has become     the most prestigious awards ceremony in the world of football. At this     annual ceremony, the FIFA World Player award is given to the best male and     female player of the year, as chosen by the national team coaches and     captains.

This year,     two new awards will be presented at the gala: the FIFA/FIFPro World XI to     honour the best 11 players of the year as chosen by over 50,000     professional players from all over the world, and the FIFA     Puskás Award for the “most beautiful goal” of the year as voted on     FIFA.com by fans, a prize created in honour and in memory of Ferenc     Puskás, the captain and star of the Hungarian national team during the     1950s.

Online voting for the FIFA     Puskás Award is open until 14 December via FIFA.com:

http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/puskasaward/index.html

For more information about the 2009     FIFA World Player Gala, please visit:

http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/awards/gala/index.html

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Name: Nicolas Maingot
Organization: FIFA
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URL: http://www.fifa.com/index.html

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