Adidas South Africa Public Relations Manager, Zobuzwe Ngobese, said the ever-green Billiat, who stars for Absa Premiership side, Ajax Cape Town, would wear the boot alongside South Africans Oupa Manyisa and and Sifiso Myeni of Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs’Tsepho Masilela.
They join a stellar line up of international players to have that privilege, who include Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema and the Barcelona trio of Dani Alves, David Silva and David Villa.
Reigning Footballer of the Year, Lionel Messi of Barcelona was the first to don the boot this past weekend.