Juvenal Owono, who plays for Sabadell and is captain of Equatorial Guinea, told MARCA TV programme 'Futboleros' that his votes for the 2012 Ballon d'Or and World Coach of the Year awards were not registered by FIFA.

Owono stated that he did not send back a signed questionnaire to his country's federation, but sent his votes by email.

He went on to say that his votes did not appear on FIFA's official list: "I voted Del Bosque as number one and Mourinho as number two, but as neither my name nor my country appeared on the list I understand that the votes were not counted".