With Goal 50 over for another year, thoughts now turn to who the early contenders could be to win the awards for the best players of next year.
On the men's side of the list, the same faces will likely feature again, with Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and 2020 winner Robert Lewandowski predicted to be fighting it out towards the top once more.
But what happens when the established superstars retire? How will the world game, and the battle for its biggest individual awards, look come 2030?
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Well, while forecasting 10 years into the future of any sport is dangerous, Goal has run the rule over some of the youngsters who look set to find themselves challenging to win Goal 50 in a decade's time...