This is a replica of the Golden ball, the football's most prestigious award. The golden ball is awarded each year to the best footballer playing in a European team. The prize is awarded by a jury of sports journalists. The jury is made up of about 170 people, with one from a different country. Each of them names five footballers from a list of 30 names, ranking them in positions from first to fifth. 6 points are given for the first place, 4 for the second, 3 for the third, 2 for the fourth and 1 for the fifth. Initially, the prize was awarded only to football players from Europe, and since 1995, all football players can be selected, playing for European teams. Lionel Messi has won the golden ball the most - 7 times. Second is Cristiano Ronaldo with 5 awards, and Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and Marco van Basten each have 3. The list of awardees includes many other legendary footballers, one of whom is Hristo Stoichkov, who won the golden ball in 1994, after a brilliant presentation in Barcelona and with the national team of Bulgaria on the World football championship in 1994, where he also won the award for top scorer of the championship.