The Ballon d’Or, meaning ‘the golden ball’ was conceived by France Football magazine chief editor Gabriel Hanot who asked his colleagues to vote for their best European player in 1956.
Originally journalists could only vote for Europeans playing in Europe but a rule change in 1995 meant that players from other continents could win the award, as long as they played for a European club
From the year 2010,France Football's Ballon d’Or and the Men's FIFA World Player of the Year got merged and the inaugural 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or was won by Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi, Franck Ribery, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Neymar are among 23 candidates on the short list for the Ballon d'Or announced by FIFA on Tuesday Oct 29,2013
The 23 Ballon d'Or nominees are -
- Gareth Bale (Wales)
- Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)
- Radamel Falcao (Colombia)
- Eden Hazard (Belgium)
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden)
- Andres Iniesta (Spain)
- Philipp Lahm (Germany)
- Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
- Lionel Messi (Argentina)-won in 2009,2010,2011 & 2012
- Thomas Mueller (Germany)
- Manuel Neuer (Germany)
- Neymar (Brazil)
- Mesut Ozil (Germany)
- Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
- Franck Ribery (France)-won UEFA's best player in Europe award for the 2012-13 season
- Arjen Robben (Netherlands)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)-won in 2008
- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany)
- Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
- Thiago Silva (Brazil)
- Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)
- Robin Van Persie (Netherlands)and
- Xavi (Spain)
The Ballon d'Or, or world player of the year, winner will be announced January 13,2014 in Zurich
Coach of the year nominees are -
- Carlo Ancelotti (Italy, Paris Saint-Germain/Real Madrid)
- Rafael Benitez (Spain, Chelsea/Napoli)
- Antonio Conte (Italy, Juventus)
- Vicente Del Bosque (Spain, Spain national team)
- Alex Ferguson (Scotland, Manchester United, retired)
- Jupp Heynckes (Germany, Bayern Munich, retired)
- Juergen Klopp (Germany, Borussia Dortmund)
- Jose Mourinho (Portugal, Real Madrid/Chelsea)
- Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil, Brazil national team)and
- Arsene Wenger (France, Arsenal).
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