All Men of the Match — Players nominated Man of the Match, match by match
– June 9 to July 9, 2006 –
Twenty-six–of the thirty-two World Cup contesting Teams–had at least one of their players elected 'Man of the Match.' These teams appear in italics, below, in the column displaying the respective matches in which these 'Men of the Match' have excelled.
The six teams missing below are 
CRC, 
SCG, 
IRN, 
CRO, 
TOG, & 
KSA, none having made it past the First Round, either.
On the other hand, seven Teams have played a specially outstanding role within the 'Man of the Match' contest: 
GER, 
ECU, 
NED, 
ITA, 
BRA, 
FRA, & 
SUI. See Top Man of the Match.
Among these, GER & ITA have been the only Teams providing six 'Man of the Match,' each.
ITA's role has been yet more significant in that they were the only Team, among the 32 contestants, from which a player was chosen three times as 'Man of the Match'! The player receiving this single special 'Man of the Match' honor was Andrea Pirlo, who nevertheless was not elected the Golden Ball player in 2006.
Three-time 'Man of the Match' Andrea Pirlo was awarded, instead, the 
Bronze Ball.
GER, in turn, managed another unique feat, this one not equaled even by ITA: two German players were chosen twice as 'Man of the Match'!
In the remaining Teams comprising the special list just mentioned, ECU, NED, BRA, FRA, & SUI , one of their players was chosen twice as 'Man of the Match'! See Top Man of the Match.
Curiously, 
Golden Ball elected Zidane emerged as 'Man of the Match' a single time, only–in France's match against Brazil, for the Quarter-Finals.
See the full 'Man of the Match' list below:
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Man of the Match |
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Squads' 1st Matches in 1st Round |
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Miroslav Klose |
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Germany x Costa Rica |
München |
| 2 |
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Agustin Delgado |
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Poland x Ecuador |
Gelsenkirchen |
| 3 |
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Frank Lampard |
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England x Paraguay |
Frankfurt |
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Dwight Yorke |
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Trinidad and Tobago x Sweden |
Dortmund |
| 5 |
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Javier Saviola |
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Argentina x Côte d'Ivoire |
Hamburg |
| 6 |
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Arjen Robben |
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Serbia and Montenegro x Netherlands |
Leipzig |
| 7 |
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Omar Bravo |
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Mexico x Iran |
Nürnberg |
| 8 |
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Luis Figo |
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Angola x Portugal |
Köln |
| 12 |
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Tim Cahill |
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Australia x Japan |
Kaiserslautern |
| 10 |
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Tomas Rosicky |
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United States x Czech Republic |
Gelsenkirchen |
| 9 |
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Andrea Pirlo |
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Italy x Ghana |
Hannover |
| 14 |
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Jung Hwan Ahn |
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Korea Republic x Togo |
Frankfurt |
| 13 |
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Claude Makelele |
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France x Switzerland |
Stuttgart |
| 11 |
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Kaká |
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Brazil x Croatia |
Berlin |
| 15 |
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Xavi |
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Spain x Ukraine |
Leipzig |
| 16 |
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Zied Jaziri |
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Tunisia x Saudi Arabia |
München |
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Man of the Match |
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Squads' 2nd Matches in 1st Round |
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| 17 |
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Philipp Lahm |
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Germany x Poland |
Dortmund |
| 18 |
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Agustin Delgado |
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Ecuador x Costa Rica |
Hamburg |
| 19 |
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David Beckham |
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England x Trinidad and Tobago |
Nürnberg |
| 20 |
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Fredrik Ljungberg |
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Sweden x Paraguay |
Berlin |
| 21 |
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Juan Riquelme |
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Argentina x Serbia and Montenegro |
Gelsenkirchen |
| 22 |
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Arjen Robben |
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Netherlands x Côte d'Ivoire |
Stuttgart |
| 23 |
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Joao Ricardo |
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Mexico x Angola |
Hannover |
| 24 |
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Deco |
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Portugal x Iran |
Frankfurt |
| 26 |
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Michael Essien |
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Czech Republic x Ghana |
Köln |
| 25 |
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Kasey Keller |
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Italy x United States |
Kaiserslautern |
| 28 |
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Hidetoshi Nakata |
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Japan x Croatia |
Nürnberg |
| 27 |
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Zé Roberto |
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Brazil x Australia |
München |
| 29 |
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Ji Sung Park |
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France x Korea Republic |
Leipzig |
| 30 |
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Alexander Frei |
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Togo x Switzerland |
Dortmund |
| 32 |
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Maksym Kalinichenko |
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Saudi Arabia x Ukraine |
Hamburg |
| 31 |
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Xabi Alonso |
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Spain x Tunisia |
Stuttgart |
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Man of the Match |
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Squads' 3rd Matches in 1st Round |
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| 33 |
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Michael Ballack |
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Ecuador x Germany |
Berlin |
| 34 |
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Bartosz Bosacki |
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Costa Rica x Poland |
Hannover |
| 35 |
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Joe Cole |
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Sweden x England |
Köln |
| 36 |
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Julio dos Santos |
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Paraguay x Trinidad and Tobago |
Kaiserslautern |
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| 39 |
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José Fonseca |
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Portugal x Mexico |
Gelsenkirchen |
| 40 |
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Zé Kalanga |
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Iran x Angola |
Leipzig |
| 37 |
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Carlos Tevez |
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Netherlands x Argentina |
Frankfurt |
| 38 |
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Aruna Dindane |
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Côte d'Ivoire x Serbia and Montenegro |
München |
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Marco Materazzi |
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Czech Republic x Italy |
Hamburg |
| 42 |
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Stephen Appiah |
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Ghana x United States |
Nürnberg |
| 43 |
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Ronaldo |
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Japan x Brazil |
Dortmund |
| 44 |
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Harry Kewell |
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Croatia x Australia |
Stuttgart |
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| 47 |
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Juanito |
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Saudi Arabia x Spain |
Kaiserslautern |
| 48 |
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Anatoliy Tymoschuk |
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Ukraine x Tunisia |
Berlin |
| 45 |
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Patrick Vieira |
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Togo x France |
Köln |
| 46 |
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Alexander Frei |
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Switzerland x Korea Republic |
Hannover |
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Round of Sixteen |
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Man of the Match |
Match |
Venue |
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| 49 |
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Miroslav Klose |
Germany x Sweden |
München |
| 50 |
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Maxi Rodriguez |
Argentina x Mexico |
Leipzig |
| 51 |
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John Terry |
England x Ecuador |
Stuttgart |
| 52 |
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Maniche |
Portugal x Netherlands |
Nürnberg |
| 53 |
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Gianluigi Buffon |
Italy x Australia |
Kaiserslautern |
| 54 |
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Oleksandr Shovkovskyi |
Switzerland x Ukraine |
Köln |
| 55 |
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Zé Roberto |
Brazil x Ghana |
Dortmund |
| 56 |
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Patrick Vieira |
Spain x France |
Hannover |
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Quarter Finals |
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Man of the Match |
Match |
Venue |
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| 57 |
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Michael Ballack |
Germany x Argentina |
Berlin |
| 58 |
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Gennaro Gattuso |
Italy x Ukraine |
Hamburg |
| 59 |
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Owen Hargreaves |
England x Portugal |
Gelsenkirchen |
| 60 |
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Zinédine Zidane |
Brazil x France |
Frankfurt |
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Semi Finals |
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Man of the Match |
Match |
Venue |
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| 61 |
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Andrea Pirlo |
Germany x Italy |
Dortmund |
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Lilian Thuram |
Portugal x France |
München |
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Man of the Match |
Final Play-Offs |
Venue |
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Third Place Match |
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Bastian Schweinsteiger |
Germany x Portugal |
Stuttgart |
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Final Match |
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Andrea Pirlo |
Italy x France |
Berlin |
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