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Thomas Mueller has won the Golden Boot award in the 2010 World Cup, becoming the second-youngest player of all time to net five goals in the tournament. Only Pelé had achieved that feat before at such a young age, when he scored six goals at the 1958 World Cup at 17 years old.Mueller, who led Germany to a third-place finish with a 3-2 victory over Uruguay, also won the Best Young Player award.
The 20-year-old midfielder beat out David Villa of Spain and Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands for the honor. In six appearances, he scored five goals and three assists, which wound up being the award tiebreaker. Villa, Sneijder and Uruguay's Diego Forlan also scored five goals in the tournament.
Mueller scored his first goal for Germany in the World Cup opener against Australia, then added two more against England and one against Argentina in the quarterfinal. His fifth and last goal came in the third-place game against Uruguay.
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Uruguay's Forlan took home the Golden Ball award after leading his team to a fourth-place finish. It's the first time since 1990 that neither award winner played in the final match.
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