Nominees for the FIFA Ballon d’Or 2015 awards revealed

The contenders for this year’s FIFA Ballon d’Or Award for the best player of 2015 and for the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year 2015 Award have been announced today on FIFA.com, francefootball.fr and on FIFA’s YouTube channel in a show hosted by Kate Abdo (Sky Sports) with expert analysis from Nadine Kessler (German national team player and FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year 2014) and Edgar Davids (former Dutch national team player and winner of the UEFA Champions League 1994-1995).

The nominees for the FIFA Ballon d’Or are, in alphabetical order: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona) and Neymar (Brazil/FC Barcelona). Meanwhile, Carli Lloyd (USA/Houston Dash), Aya Miyama (Japan/Okayama Yunogo Belle), and Célia Šašić (Germany/1. FFC Frankfurt) are in the running for the women’s award.

The 10 Nominees For The 2015 Puskas Awards

The Puskas Award takes into account thousands of goals scored between 27 September 2014 and 23 September 2015.

Last year Colombia attacking midfielder James Rodriguez won the award for his volleyed goal at the 2014 World Cup.

The final three candidates will be announced on 30 November. The players in the top ten are as follows:

David Ball
Gonzalo Castro
Allessandro Florenzi
Wendell Lira
Carli Lloyd
Lionel Messi
Philippe Mexes
Marcel Ndjeng
Esteban Ramirez
Carlos Tevez.

Below are the nominated goals