Today, one week after FIFA and France Football announced the names of the candidates for the FIFA Women�s World Player of the Year and the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women�s Football awards for 2011, they have also revealed the names for the men�s awards.
The candidates for the FIFA Ballon d�Or award and for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men�s Football award have been unveiled (see below), and the final decisions will be made by the captains and head coaches of the men�s national teams as well as by international media representatives selected by France Football.
The winners of all of the awards will be revealed at the second FIFA Ballon d�Or gala as part of a televised ceremony at the Zurich Kongresshaus on 9 January 2012. The FIFA/FIFPro World XI and the FIFA Pusk�s Award for the most beautiful goal of the year, the FIFA Presidential Award and the FIFA Fair Play Award will also be presented during the gala.
The lists of 23 male candidates as well as the list of ten coaches have been drawn up by football experts from the Football Committee, the Technical and Development Committee and by a group of experts from France Football.
On 5 December 2011, FIFA and France Football will hold a media event in Paris during which they will announce the names of the three men and three women, as well as the three men�s coaches and three women�s coaches, who have received the most votes. The three nominees for the FIFA Pusk�s Award will also be announced.
Shortlists For The FIFA Ballon d�Or Gala 2011
The following 23 men (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the FIFA Ballon d�Or 2011:
�ric Abidal (France), Sergio Ag�ero (Argentina), Karim Benzema (France), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Dani Alves (Brazil), Samuel Eto�o (Cameroon), Cesc F�bregas (Spain), Diego Forl�n (Uruguay), Andr�s Iniesta (Spain), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas M�ller (Germany), Nani (Portugal), Neymar (Brazil), Mesut �zil (Germany), Gerard Piqu� (Spain), Wayne Rooney (England), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands), Luis Su�rez (Uruguay), David Villa (Spain), Xabi Alonso (Spain), Xavi (Spain).
The following ten coaches (in alphabetical order, first nationality and then team) are in contention for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men�s Football 2011:
Vicente Del Bosque (Spain/Spain national team), Alex Ferguson (Scotland/Manchester United FC), Rudi Garcia (France/Lille OSC), Pep Guardiola (Spain/FC Barcelona), J�rgen Klopp (Germany/Borussia Dortmund), Joachim L�w (Germany/Germany national team), Jos� Mourinho (Portugal/Real Madrid C.F.), �scar Tab�rez (Uruguay/Uruguay national team), Andr� Villas-Boas (Portugal/FC Porto, Chelsea FC), Ars�ne Wenger (France/Arsenal FC).
Source: FIFA
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