FC Barcelona’s players Leo Messi, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta, and Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka are the five players nominated for the ‘FIFA World Payer 2009′, a prize to be awarded Dec. 21 in Zurich.
FIFA has made official the nomination of aion auction house , who are active in the Spanish League, through a statement on the website after the vote which was attended by the captains of national teams around the world and their coaches, from a list drawn up by experts from the Football Committee of FIFA.
Messi, who on Sunday received the ‘Golden Ball’, partly as a favorite to get the prize, after he managed the ‘triplet’ last season with aion kinah, ahead of Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (winner in 2008) .
At the award ceremony to be held in Zurich Kongresshaus, also will be handed the prizes to the best players, who chose the Brazilian Cristiane and Marta, the German Birgit Prinz and Inka Grings England and Kelly Smith.
Also will be delivered on ‘FIFA / FIFPro World XI’ to award the 11 best players of the year, chosen by over 50,000 professional footballers around the world and the ‘Award Puskas’, the ‘most beautiful goal’.