Some of the world's top footballers
will compete to be named as the 2015/16 UEFA Best Player in Europe after the
ten-man shortlist was announced today.
Journalists from each of UEFA's 55
member associations provided a list of their five best-ranked players, with the
first receiving five points, the second four and so on. The ten players with
the most points advance to the second vote, which will determine the three finalists
to be named on 5 August.
The jury will then cast their votes
for the outright winner, which will be announced during the 2016/17 UEFA
Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 25 August. Last year's winner
Lionel Messi will be looking to collect his third award after scooping the
first in 2011. Other former honourees are Andrés Iniesta (2012), Franck Ribéry
(2013) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2014).
The nominees, in alphabetical order,
are:
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid & Wales)
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus &
Italy)
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid
& France)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid &
Germany)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona &
Argentina)
Thomas Müller (Bayern München &
Germany)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern München &
Germany)
Pepe (Real Madrid & Portugal)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid &
Portugal)
Luis Suárez (Barcelona & Uruguay)
In total, 37 players picked up votes
in the initial poll; those not in the final shortlist are revealed below in
order of how they finished:
11 Riyad Mahrez (Leicester &
Algeria)
12 Jamie Vardy (Leicester &
England)
13 Dimitri Payet (West Ham &
France)
14 Jérôme Boateng (Bayern München
& Germany)
15 Arturo Vidal (Bayern München &
Chile)
16 Luka Modrić (Real Madrid &
Croatia)
17 N'Golo Kanté (Leicester &
France)
18 Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris
Saint-Germain/Manchester United & Sweden)
19= Eden Hazard (Chelsea &
Belgium)
19= Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona &
Spain)
19= Neymar (Barcelona & Brazil)
19= Renato Sanches (Benfica/Bayern
München & Portugal)
23 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München
& Poland)
24 Gonzalo Higuaín (Napoli &
Argentina)
25= Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus &
Italy)
25= Diego Godin (Atlético Madrid
& Uruguay)
25= Will Grigg (Wigan & Northern
Ireland)
25= Hugo Lloris (Tottenham &
France)
25= Paul Pogba (Juventus &
France)
30= Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham
& Belgium)
30= Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
(Borussia Dortmund & Gabon)
30= Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City
& Belgium)
30= Kevin Gameiro (Sevilla &
France)
30= Grzegorz Krychowiak
(Sevilla/Paris Saint-Germain & Poland)
30= Blaise Matuidi (Paris
Saint-Germain & France)
30= Georges-Kévin N'Koudou (Marseille
& France)
30= Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid &
Slovenia)
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