The award, which is decided by the captains and head coaches of national teams as well as media representatives, will be presented to the player considered to be the best performer in the calendar year.
Ronaldo
has been named the world's best player twice in as many years, though
Messi will provide stern competition this time around having inspired
Barcelona's treble-winning campaign last term.
All
23 candidates play their football in Europe, with 11 players plying
their trade in La Liga, five in the Premier League, five in the
Bundesliga and just the one nomination from both Ligue 1 and Serie A.
The ceremony will take place on January 11 2016 in Zurich.
23-Man Shortlist :
- Sergio Aguero (Manchester City/Argentina)
- Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales)
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/France)
- Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City/Belgium)
- Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Belgium)
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain/Sweden)
- Andres Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain)
- Toni Kroos (Real Madrid/Germany)
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Poland)
- Javier Mascherano (Barcelona/Argentina)
- Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)
- Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich/Germany)
- Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich/Germany)
- Neymar (Barcelona/Brazil)
- Paul Pogba (Juventus/France)
- Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona/Croatia)
- Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich/Netherlands)
- James Rodriguez (Real Madrid/Colombia)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal)
- Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal/Chile)
- Luis Suarez (Barcelona/Uruguay)
- Yaya Toure (Manchester City/Ivory Coast)
- Arturo Vidal (Bayern Munich/Chile)
COACH OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST:
- Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus)
- Carlo Ancelotti (Formerly of Real Madrid)
- Laurent Blanc (Paris St Germain)
- Unai Emery (Sevilla)
- Pep Guardiola (Bayern Munich)
- Luis Enrique (Barcelona)
- Jose Mourinho (Chelsea)
- Jorge Sampaoli (Chile)
- Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
- Arsene Wenger (Arsenal).
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