Candidates FIFA Player of the Year 2009

Zurich - Who-who are eligible dubbed 2009 the world's best players marked by FIFA. List of candidates consisting of 23 players have been released and the winner will be announced in December. From the 23 names announced by FIFA on Friday (30/10/2009), Spain is a country with the most representatives, namely six players. At club level, Barcelona is the largest contributor, five people, out Samuel Eto'o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic who had come out and just went on this season. he selection of the world's best player of this Cup version of the calculation is based on the voting of the coaches and captains of national teams. This year's winner will be announced on 21 December. Last year's winner was Cristiano Ronaldo (1), Lionel Messi (2), and Kaka (3). They re-nominated. List of candidates in 2009 the world's best players: Michael Ballack (Jerman/Chelsea) Gianluigi Buffon (Italia/Juventus) Iker Casillas (Spanyol/Real Madrid) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Man Utd-Real Madrid) Diego (Brasil/Werder Bremen-Juventus) Didier Drogba (Pantai Gading/Chelsea) Michael Essien (Ghana/Chelsa) Samuel Eto'o (Kamerun/Barcelona-Inter Milan) Steve Gerrard (Inggris/Liverpool) Thierry Henry (Prancis/Barcelona) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Swedia/Inter Milan-Barcelona) Andres Iniesta (Spanyol/Barcelona) Kaka (Brasil/AC Milan-Real Madrid) Frank Lampard (Inggris/Chelsea) Luis Fabiano (Brasil/Sevilla) Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona) Carles Puyol (Spanyol/Barcelona) Franck Ribery (Prancis/Bayern Munich) Wayne Rooney (Inggris/Manchester United) John Terry (Inggris/Chelsea) Fernando Torres (Spanyol/Liverpool) David Villa (Spayol/Valencia) Xavi (Spanyol/Barcelona)