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Ballon d'Or organisers introduce goalkeeper award

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Lev Yashin kept goal for the Soviet Union at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden [Courtesy]

A Ballon d'Or award for goalkeepers will be handed out for the first time this year, the organisers, France Football magazine, announced on Thursday.

The Yashin Trophy will be named after the Soviet international, Lev Yashin, the only goalkeeper to have won the Ballon d'Or itself.

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