Neymar Joins C. Ronaldo And Messi To Make Final Three-Man Shortlist For Ballon d’or 2015

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior have been named as the final three to win the 2015 ballon d’or, FIFA has announced.

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo will have a huge task in his hands of retaining the Balloon d’or  award he won last year as he has been drawn alongside Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Neymar. Messi who has won the award for a record four times is seen as the favourite after helping Barcelona win the Champions League, LA Liga and Copa del rey titles last season.

Also, the coach of the year award will be contested between Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola, Barcelona’s Luis Enrique and Jorge Sampaoli who led Chile to their first ever Copa America success.

See the full nominee list:

-FIFA MEN’S WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR-
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Neymar (Barcelona)

-FIFA MEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR –
Pep Guardiola (Bayern Munich)
Luis Enrique (Barcelona)
Jorge Sampaoli (Chile)

-FIFA WOMEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR-
Jill Ellis (US)
Mark Sampson (England)
Norio Sasak (Japan)

-FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR-
Carli Lloyd (US)
Aya Miyama (Japan)
Celia Sasic (Germany)

-FIFA PUSKAS AWARD-
Alessandro Florenzi
Wendell Lira
Lionel Messi

The post Neymar Joins C. Ronaldo And Messi To Make Final Three-Man Shortlist For Ballon d’or 2015 appeared first on KokoFeed - Nigerian News For The Young Generation.

...Continue to read

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google Plus

About Ige victor

This is a short description in the author block about the author. You edit it by entering text in the "Biographical Info" field in the user admin panel.