THE 2014 SHORTLIST OF FIFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR

The World football governing body, FIFA has released the names of 23 footballers who have been shortlisted for the organisation's player of the year. And they are as follows:



Cristiano Ronaldo (2013 Holder)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid & Portugal), Gareth Bale
(Real Madrid & Wales), Diego Costa (Chelsea & Spain),
Angel Di Maria (Man United & Argentina), Mario Gotze
(Bayern Munich & Germany), Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea & Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG & Sweden), Andres
Iniesta (Barcelona & Spain), Eden Hazard (Chelsea & Belgium), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid & France) Toni Kroos (Real Madrid & Germany), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich & Germany), Lionel Messi(Barcelona & Argentina) Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich & Germany), Mascherano Javier (Barcelona & Argentina), Neymar (Barcelona & Brazil), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich & Germany), Paul Pogba (Juventus & France), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid & Spain), Arjan Robben (Bayern Munich & Netherlands), James Rodriguez (Real Madrid & Colombia), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich & Germany), Yaya Toure (Manchester City & Ivory Coast).

The Coach of the year shortlist

Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid), Antonio Conte (Juventus &
Italian national team), Pep Guardiola (Bayern Munich), Jurgen Klinsmann (US national team), Joachim Lowe (Germany, national team), Jose Mourinho (Chelsea), Manuel Pellegrini (Man City), Alejandro Sabella (Argentina national team), Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid), and Louis Van Gaal (Man United & Netherlands national team).
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