Real Madrid and Wales forward Gareth Bale is shortlisted for FIFA's world player of the year award.
Five stars of the English Premier League have made the cut for 2014's Ballon D'Or. They are Chelsea trio Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois and Diego Costa, Manchester United's Angel di Maria, and Manchester City's Yaya Toure.
The full list of this year's nominees is as follows:
FIFA 'World Men's Player of the Year' shortlist:
- Gareth Bale (Wales, Real Madrid)
- Karim Benzema (France, Real Madrid)
- Diego Costa (Spain, Chelsea)
- Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, Chelsea)
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Real Madrid)
- Angel Di Maria (Argentina, Manchester United)
- Mario Gotze (Germany, Bayern Munich)
- Eden Hazard (Belgium, Chelsea)
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden, Paris St-Germain)
- Andres Iniesta (Spain, Barcelona)
- Toni Kroos (Germany, Real Madrid)
- Philipp Lahm (Germany, Bayern Munich)
- Javier Mascherano (Argentina, Barcelona)
- Lionel Messi (Argentina, Barcelona)
- Thomas Muller (Germany, Bayern Munich)
- Manuel Neuer (Germany, Bayern Munich)
- Neymar (Brazil, Barcelona)
- Paul Pogba (France, Juventus)
- Sergio Ramos (Spain, Real Madrid)
- Arjen Robben (Netherlands, Bayern Munich)
- James Rodriguez (Colombia, Real Madrid)
- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany, Bayern Munich)
- Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast, Manchester City)
FIFA 'Coach of the Year' shortlist:
- Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid)
- Antonio Conte (Juventus/Italy national team)
- Pep Guardiola (Bayern Munich)
- Jurgen Klinsmann (USA national team)
- Joachim Low (Germany national team)
- Jose Mourinho (Chelsea)
- Manuel Pellegrini (Manchester City)
- Alejandro Sabella (Argentina national team)
- Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
- Louis van Gaal (Netherlands national team/Manchester United)
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