World and European champions spain dominated the shortlist for the Player of the Year award with seven players among the 23 nominees.
Thomas Mueller(Bayern Munich, Germany)
argentina's lionel messi will attempt to win the award for the third year in a row, having surprisingly beaten his Barcelona team mates xavi and andres inesta last year.
The trio were among eight Barcelona players to make the shortlist for this year while Barca's arch-rivals Real Madrid have five.
Frenchman Eric Abidal, who had surgery to remove a liver tumour earlier this year before making a triumphant return to lift the Champions League trophy with Barcelona, was also among the nominee Danail Alves and Neymar were the only Brazilians named while sergio was the only other Argentine apart from Messi.
uruguay strikers Luis Suaraz and forlan were nominated after helping their team win the Copa America in July and Oscar Tabarez was on the 10-man shortlist for the Coach of the Year award Cameroon's sameul was the only African player to be included. The list will be whittled down to three on Dec. 5 with the winner being announced in Zurich on January 9.
The award is organised jointly by FIFA and France Football magazine, the two having merged their previously separate awards last year.
Nominees:
Eric Abidal (Barcelona, France)
Sergio Aguero (manchester city, Argentina)
karim banzema (Real Madrid, France)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, Portugal)
Daniel Alves (Barcelona, Brazil)
Samuel Eto'o (Anzhi Makhachkala, Cameroon)
Diego Forlan (Inter Milan, Uruguay)
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona, Spain)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina)
Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich, Germany)
Nani (Manchester united, Portugal)
Neymar (Santos, Brazil)
Mesut Ozil (Real Madrid, Germany)
Gerard Pique (Barcelona, Spain)
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, England)
Wesley(Inter Milan, Netherland)
Luis Suarez (liverpool, Uruguay)
David villa (Barcelona, Spain)
Xabi alonso (Real Madrid, Spain)
Xavi (Barcelona, Spain)
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