Who will be the best Footballer of the year 2014; check the list now

Cristiano Ronaldo, the current world best footballer and Lionel Messi, four-time winner head the FIFA list of this year’s Ballon d’Or Award which was freed on Tuesday. The Germans hold the heavy dowry of the list due to their excellent performance at the world cup, and winning it also.

Ronaldo with his World Footballer of the Year award.

Ticking for the most represented club, it all belongs to the German champions, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, the European champions with six participants each.
Football pundits’ favorite to hold the title, Ronaldo leads the path to Real Madrid that also has Welsh star Gareth Bale, World Cup golden boot winner James Rodriguez, Sergio Ramos, Karim Benzema and Toni Kroos.
Meanwhile, a 10-man shortlist for coach of the year was also exposed and includes Diego Simeone of Atletico Madrid, Carlo Ancelotti at crosstown rivals Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho, Chelsea and Bayern Munich’s Pep Guardiola.

Lionel Messi

Below is the 2014 Ballon d’Or shortlist:

Gareth Bale (Wales), Karim Benzema (France), Diego Costa (Spain), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Angel Di Maria (Argentina), Mario Götze (Germany), Eden Hazard (Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Spain), Toni Kroos (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Javier Mascherano (Argentina), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Müller (Germany), Manuel Neuer (Germany), Neymar (Brazil), Paul Pogba (France), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), James Rodriguez (Colombia), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire).

Below is the 2014 Ballon d’Or coach of the year shortlist:

Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid CF), Antonio Conte (Italy/Juventus FC/Italy national team), Pep Guardiola (Spain/FC Bayern Munich), Juergen Klinsmann (Germany/ USA national team),
Joachim Löw (Germany/Germany national team), Jose Mourinho (Portugal/Chelsea FC), Manuel Pellegrini (Chile/Manchester City FC), Alejandro Sabella (Argentina/Argentina national team), Diego Simeone (Argentina/Atletico Madrid), Louis van Gaal (Netherlands/Netherlands national team/Manchester United FC).