FIFA has announced a 23-man list of candidates for the World Player of the Year award.Far from Manchester United Cristiano Ronaldo, again picking up the top gong at the awards FIFPro, is the favorite to take the title.
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres and Real Madrid keeper Iker Casillas are also among the rank at the forefront as the couple have been short-listed after his success with Spain at Euro 2008.
2007 winner Kaka is also in the hunt, as is Barcelona's Argentine superstar Lionel Messi.
The winner, voted by the captains and coaches, was released in a star ceremony in Zurich opera house on January 12.
FIFA World Player of the Year nominees:
Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal, Togo), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid, Argentina), Andrei Arshavin (Zenit St Petersburg, Russia), Michael Ballack (Chelsea, Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid, Spain), Deco (Barcelona, Portugal), Didier Drogba (Chelsea, Ivory Coast), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona, Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal, Spain), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool, England), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter Milan, Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona, Spain), Kaka (AC Milan, Brazil), Frank Lampard (Chelsea, England), Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Argentina), Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich, France), Cristiano Ronaldo ( Manchester United, Portugal), John Terry (Chelsea, England), Fernando Torres (Liverpool, Spain), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid, Netherlands), David Villa (Valencia, Spain), Xavi (Barcelona, Spain)
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