hree-man nominee record for the prize, along with Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery of Bayern Munich.The group of 3 were selected from a 23-man lengthy record, with the globe gamer of the season to be crowned at a wedding in Zurich.

Winners of seven other prizes, plus the Fifpro World XI group of the season, will also be declared.Nadine Angerer (Germany), Marta (Brazil) and Abby Wambach (USA) are in the operating for the females globe gamer of the season prize.Former Birmingham U. s. manager Sir Alex Ferguson is competing with ex-Bayern Munich trainer Jupp Heynckes and Borussia Dortmund's Jurgen Klopp to be known as gents trainer of the season. Malaysia manager Silvia Neid and Norway trainer Pia Sundhage are the ultimate three for the females trainer of the season.Five English gamers - Britain defenders Leighton Baines and Ashley Cole, midfielder Steven Gerrard, striker John Rooney and Wales ahead Gareth Bale - are in argument to be known as in the Fifpro World XI.

 The other Leading Group nominees are: Chelsea's Petr Cech, Branislav Ivanovic and Bob Luiz, Birmingham Town's Vicent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta, Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero, Birmingham United's Nemanja Vidic and Robin the boy wonder van Persie, Arsenal's Mesut Ozil and Liverpool's Luis Suarez.France Soccer presented the Ballon d'Or in 1956 to honor the Western footballer of the season, before it was extended in 2007 to become a international prize.

Argentina ahead Messi, 26, has won the prize for the last four decades, but is commonly expected to be defeated by Ronaldo on this event. The ex-Manchester U. s. gamer, who last won in 2008, obtained 66 objectives in 56 activities for group and nation, He netted five hat-tricks, along with a highs in November's World Cup play-off against Norway to flame his nation to this year's finals in South America.

France winger Ribery, 30, creates up the three-man nominee record after assisting In German leaders Bayern Munich to five prizes - Bundesliga, In german Cup, Champions Group, Uefa Extremely Cup and Club World Cup - last season.