{"id":20775,"date":"2015-10-21T04:14:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T04:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/fifa-names-23-player-shortlist-for-ballon-d-or\/"},"modified":"2015-10-21T04:14:15","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T04:14:15","slug":"fifa-names-23-player-shortlist-for-ballon-d-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/fifa-names-23-player-shortlist-for-ballon-d-or\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA names 23-player shortlist for Ballon d’Or"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{ {{Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi again head the list of candidates for the player of the year award, which they have combined to win for the past seven years.{}}} }<\/p>\n

All 23 players named on the Ballon D’Or Award shortlist Tuesday play for European clubs, though eight are from South America and one, Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure, is African.<\/p>\n

No Asian player or club featured in the nominations compiled by FIFA and France Football magazine. English and Italian players also failed to make the list.<\/p>\n

.The winners will be announced on January 11th,2016 at a ceremony in Zurich.
\nThe list of Ballon d’Or nominees will be shortened to the final three contenders on Nov. 30 with Messi and Ronaldo almost certain to make the cut.<\/p>\n

Despite neither winning a major national team title, Messi and Ronaldo have shared the Ballon d’Or since 2008. Messi has won four awards and Ronaldo three, including in 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n

Sampaoli is competing with nine coaches of European clubs, including Luis Enrique of Barcelona and Jose Mourinho of English champion Chelsea.
\nVoting is by national team coaches and captains, plus a selected journalist, from each of FIFA’s 209 member federations. Polling closes on November 2015.<\/p>\n

{{Players shortlist: }} <\/p>\n

Gareth Bale (Wales\/Real Madrid)
\nKarim Benzema (France\/Real Madrid),
\nCristiano Ronaldo (Portugal\/Real Madrid)
\nToni Kroos (Germany\/Real Madrid),
\nJames Rodriguez (Colombia\/Real Madrid)
\nSergio Aguero (Argentina\/Manchester City)
\nYaya Toure (Cote d\u2019Ivoire\/Manchester City)
\nKevin De Bruyne(Belgium\/VfL Wolfsburg\/Manchester City)
\nEden Hazard (Belgium\/Chelsea)
\nAlexis Sanchez (Chile\/Arsenal)
\nZlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden\/Paris Saint-Germain)
\nAndres Iniesta (Spain\/FC Barcelona)
\nNeymar (Brazil\/FC Barcelona)
\nJavier Mascherano (Argentina\/FC Barcelona),
\nLionel Messi (Argentina\/FC Barcelona)
\nIvan Rakitic (Croatia\/FC Barcelona)
\nLuis Suarez (Uruguay\/FC Barcelona)
\nRobert Lewandowski (Poland\/FC Bayern Munich)
\nThomas Muller (Germany\/FC Bayern Munich)
\nManuel Neuer (Germany\/FC Bayern Munich)
\nArjen Robben (Netherlands\/FC Bayern Munich)
\nArturo Vidal (Chile\/Juventus\/FC Bayern Munich).
\nPaul Pogba (France\/Juventus),<\/p>\n

{{Coach shortlist:}}<\/p>\n

Massimiliano Allegri (Italy\/Juventus)
\nCarlo Ancelotti (Italy\/Real Madrid)
\nLaurent Blanc (France\/Paris Saint-Germain)
\nUnai Emery (Spain\/Sevilla)
\nPep Guardiola (Spain\/Bayern Munich)
\nLuis Enrique Martinez (Spain\/Barcelona)
\n Jose Mourinho (Portugal\/Chelsea)
\nJorge Sampaoli (Argentina\/Chile national team)
\n Diego Simeone (Argentina\/Atletico Madrid)
\nArsene Wenger (France\/Arsenal).<\/p>\n

YAHOO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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