FIFA Ballon d'Or

FIFA Ballon d'Or is an award given by FIFA to acknowledge players from around the world with the best performance in the past year as voted by coaches, captains as well as football journalists. This tradition is fairly new (starting only from 2010) inspired by France football's Ballon d'Or. The award ceremony is scheduled to be held at Zurich, Swizerland, on January 10 2011.


Spain dominatesThe FIFA Ballon d'Or shortlist of nominees with their outstanding performance in the 2010 World Cup South Africa. The list however lack English Players.

Here are the shortlist of players nominated for the Award:
-Xabi Alonso (Spain)
-Daniel Alves (Brazil)
-Iker Casillas (Spain)
-Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
-Didier Drogba (Côte d'Ivoire)
-Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
-Cesc Fabregas (Spain)
-Diego Forlán (Uruguay)
-Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)
-Andrés Iniesta (Spain)
-Júlio César (Brazil)
-Miroslav Klose (Germany)
-Philipp Lahm  (Germany)
-Maicon (Brazil)
-Lionel Messi (Argentina)
-Thomas  Müller (Germany)
-Mesut Özil (Germany)
-Carles Puyol (Spain)
-Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
-Bastian  Schweinsteiger (Germany)
-Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands)
-David Villa (Spain)
-Xavi (Spain)