PANO - The Sai Gon Giai Phong (Saigon Liberation) Newspaper held a ceremony on January 6th at the Opera House of Ho Chi Minh City to announce and present the Golden Ball Award 2015 to winners. This is an annual award in honour of outstanding football players.

Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet (C), Nguyen Thi Tuyet Dung and Huynh Nhu

Accordingly, Nguyen Anh Duc, Captain of Becamex Binh Duong FC, who scored 9 goals during the season, won the Golden Ball for male players. Winners of the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball in the same category were Nguyen Van Quyet (Hanoi T&T FC) and Le Cong Vinh (Becamex Binh Duong), respectively.

For the women’s category, Captain of Hanoi FC Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet won the Golden Ball while the Silver and Bronze balls went to Nguyen Thi Tuyet Dung (Ha Nam FC) and Huynh Nhu (Ho Chi Minh City FC).

Also, the best young male player award went to Nguyen Cong Phuong (Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC); Truong Thi Kieu snatched the best young female player award while Abass Cheikh Dieng was named the best foreign player of the season.

At the awards ceremony, Tran Van Vu (Futsal Thai Son Nam FC) was titled the best futsal player.

Translated by Huu Duong