BERLIN: Brazilian striker Ailton has become the first foreigner to be voted German Footballer of the Year after his stunning goal-laden season for Werder Bremen.
The highest goal scorer of the Bundesliga last year with 28 goals, Ailton received 216 votes out of 712 by sports journalists in a poll for the magazine Kicker, which has carried out the survey every year since 1960.
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