Don Balón
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Don Balón is a Spanish weekly sports magazine specialising in Spanish and international football, founded in 1975. Based out of Catalunya, it is distributed on five continents.
Don Balón features special supplements every year on La Liga and European competitions. Since 1976 the magazine confers the Premio Don Balón (Don Balón award) yearly to the best Spanish player, the best foreign player, the best referee and the breakthrough player in La Liga. Don Balón is a member of the European Sports Magazines association along with similar publications World Soccer, Kicker, and A Bola.
Jose Maria, very well known spanish sport journalist had the idea of creating a magazine that would try to be recongnized world wide. Casanovas followed his thoughts and finally in 1975 he created the magazine as well as the sport newspaper "SPORT" which mainly talks about Barça.
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- (Spanish) Official web site
- Spanish football awards
Jose Maria Casanovas, a very recognized spanish sport journalist had the idea of creating a magazine that would be a rival to the "France Football" magazine, known worldwide. Thanks to Jose Maria Casanovas, Don Balon is expanded in all the 5 continents and it is very recognized.