France Football has unveiled the full 30-man shortlist for this season’s Ballon d’Or.
It was announced earlier today that Juventus trio Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain and Gianluigi Buffon are up for the prize,.
The announcements were staggered throughout the day, and the full and final shortlist has now been announced, including Riyah Mahrez and Jamie Vardy of Leicester City.
France Football has unveiled the full 30-man shortlist for this season’s Ballon d’Or.
It was announced earlier today that Juventus trio Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain and Gianluigi Buffon are up for the prize,.
The announcements were staggered throughout the day, and the full and final shortlist has now been announced, including Riyah Mahrez and Jamie Vardy of Leicester City.
Paul Pogba has also been nominated after a fine season for Juventus last year, though he has come in for some criticism for his Manchester United form.
Ballon d’Or 2016 shortlist: Sergio Aguero [Manchester City/Argentina], Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang [Borussia Dortmund/Gabon], Gareth Bale [Real Madrid/Wales], Gianluigi Buffon [Juventus/Italy], Cristiano Ronaldo [Real Madrid/Portugal], Kevin de Bruyne [Manchester City/Belgium], Paulo Dybala [Juventus/Argentina], Diego Godin [Atletico Madrid/Uruguay], Antoine Griezmann [Atletico Madrid/France], Gonzalo Higuain [Juventus/Argentina], Zlatan Ibrahimovic [Manchester United/Sweden], Andres Iniesta [Barcelona/Spain], Koke [Atletico Madrid/Spain], Toni Kroos [Real Madrid/Germany], Robert Lewandowski [Bayern Munich/Poland], Hugo Lloris [Tottenham Hotspur/France], Riyad Mahrez [Leicester City/Algeria], Lionel Messi [Barcelona/Argentina], Luka Modric [Real Madrid/Croatia], Thomas Muller [Bayern Munich/Germany], Manuel Neuer [Bayern Munich/Germany], Neymar [Barcelona/Brazil], Dimitri Payet [West Ham United/France], Pepe [Real Madrid/Portugal], Paul Pogba [Manchester United/France], Rui Patricio [Sporting CP/Portugal], Sergio Ramos [Real Madrid/Spain], Luis Suarez [Barcelona, Uruguay], Jamie Vardy [Leicester City/England], Arturo Vidal [Bayern Munich/Chile]