FIFA Has released a list of
nominees for the prestigious Ballon d’Or award which includes current holder
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Arjen Robben, and a host of other players who
have been impressive in the course of the last one year.
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The list doesn’t include new
Barcelona striker Luis Suarez who recently returned from his four months ban
which he bagged for biting Giogio Chiellini during the World Cup.
Break down of the list
reveals that Germany is the most represented country with a shortlist of about
six players while English Premier League boast of Five players , La Liga accounts for a total of ten, Bundesliga has six all from
Bayern, one from Italia Serie A and one from French Lig 1.
Gareth Bale (Wales), Karim
Benzema (France), Diego Costa (Spain), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Cristiano
Ronaldo (Portugal), Angel Di Maria (Argentina), Mario Gotze (Germany), Eden
Hazard (Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Toni Kroos
(Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Javier Mascherano (Argentina), Lionel Messi
(Argentina), Thomas Muller (Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil),
Paul Pogba (France), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Arjen Robben (Holland, James
Rodriguez (Colombia), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Yaya Toure (Ivory
Coast).
Meanwhile, here’s a list of
coaches nominated for the manager category:
Carlo Ancelotti (Real
Madrid), Antonio Conte (Juventus/Italy), Pep Guardiola (Bayern Munich), Juergen
Klinsmann (USA), Joachim Low (Germany), Jose Mourinho (Chelsea), Manuel
Pellegrini (Manchester City), Alejandro Sabella (Argentina), Diego Simeone
(Atletico Madrid), Louis van Gaal (Holland/Manchester United).
The world football body
had four days ago released the women’s category. In the statement on the body’s
website, On 1 December, FIFA and France Football will announce in a live show
the names of the three women and three men, as well as the three coaches for
women’s football and three coaches for men’s football, who have received the
most votes (without unveiling the winners). The three nominees for the FIFA
Puskás Award and the FIFA FIFPro World XI shortlist for the best forwards (15),
midfielders (15), defenders (20) and goalkeepers (5) will be unveiled in the
end of November and the beginning of December.
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