Kaka wins popularity contest Tuesday 18 March, 2008
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Kaka has been voted the most popular player in Italy in a survey conducted by publisher Panini.
Over the course of two months, over 50,000 people were asked to select their favourite 11 and Kaka received more votes than Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Gigi Buffon, Alessandro Del Piero and Francesco Totti.
The side consists of three Juventini, three Milan stars, three Inter men and one player from Roma and Genoa.
Genoa’s former Azzurrini midfield talent Marco Rossi is the most surprising selection.
The Panini “Top Team”:
Goalkeeper: Gigi Buffon (Juventus)
Defenders: Marco Materazzi (Inter), Paolo Maldini (Milan), Javier Zanetti (Inter)
Midfielders: Kaka (Milan), Marco Rossi (Genoa), Gennaro Gattuso (Milan), Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
Strikers: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Francesco Totti (Roma)