The Golden Boot Award in FIFA World Cup Football
First Golden Boot Winner-Paolo Rossi |
The Golden Boot Award is given for the top scorer of a certain FIFA World Cup tournament and it is start to given from the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. Currently, this award is commercially named as "Adidas Golden Boot". But, previously this Golden Boot was known as the "Adidas Golden Shoe" from 1982 to 2006 World Cup. From 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, this top scorer’s award is named as “Adidas Golden Boot”.
This award was first introduced along with the “Golden Ball Award (best player in the certain World Cup)” in 1982 World Cup, and Italian Paolo Rossi got this award for the first time (Italian Paolo Rossi got the Golden Ball and Golden Boot award in the 1982 FIFA World Cup). This award is given by FIFA at the conclusion of each World Cup tournament. Those who finish as runners-up in the tournament receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.