FIFA Ballon D’or 2013 Players Nominees List, Ballon d’or 2013 Shortlist

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The Nominees List of World’s best football players is announced by FIFA & this time the battle for FIFA Ballon d’or is going to be stronger than ever before. This time the battle is not only between Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi, but also Bayern Forward, Franck Ribery has made this competition more interesting. The Francis player is recently awarded with best European player award. Here is the complete Nomination List of FIFA Ballon D’or 2013.

Some new & young players also nominated for this award like the player with highest transfer fees Gareth bale & the growing Brazilian superstar Neymar Jr. Bayern Munich is the club from which maximum players are nominated. The captain Phillip Lahm is also in this list. Some other players who did not nominated this  year who are Sergio Aguero, Xabi Alonso, Iker Casillas & other. Manuel Neuer is the only goalkeeper who is nominated in this list.

FIFA Ballon d’or Players Nomination List

Shortlist
Player	Club	Country
Franck Ribery	Bayern Munich	France
Thomas Muller	Bayern Munich	Germany
Philipp Lahm	Bayern Munich	Germany
Arjen Robben	Bayern Munich	Netherlands
Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	Germany
Bastian Schweinsteiger	Bayern Munich	Germany
Andres Iniesta	Barcelona	Spain
Xavi Hernandez	Barcelona	Spain
Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Argentina
Neymar	Barcelona	Brazil
Edinson Cavani	PSG	Uruguay
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	PSG	Sweden
Thiago Silva	PSG	Brazil
Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	Wales
Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Portugal
Robin Van Persie	Manchester United	Netherlands
Luis Suarez	Liverpool	Uruguay
Andrea Pirlo	Juventus	Italy
Yaya Toure	Manchester City	Cote d’lvoire
Radamel Falcao	Monaco	Colombia
Eden Hazard	Chelsea	Belgium
Robert Lewandowski	Borussia Dortmund	Poland
Mesut Ozil	Arsenal	Germany

 

• Club With Maximum Nominations: Bayern Munich (6 players Nominated)
• Country With Maximum Nominations: Germany (5 players Nominated)
• Current Trophy Holder: Lionel Messi (Argentina 4 times)
• Last year last 3 finalists: Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andres Iniesta

In the month of December 2013, the names of top 3 players with maximum votes announced by FIFA & France Football.

The winner of Ballon d’or 2013 will be unveiled on 13 January 2014 at head office of FIFA i.e. Zurich Switzerland.