Ballon d'Or finalists

BeSoccer 9 years ago 849
Three plaques reading, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar at the Mellerio jewellers in Paris, as part of the crafting of the Ballon dOr 2015 Fifa award

The Ballon d'Or for 2015 will be awarded on Monday with Lionel Messi tipped to win the prize for a fifth time.

AFP Sports looks at the finalists in all the categories:

Ballon d'Or: 

Cristiano Ronaldo (POR/Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (ARG/Barcelona), Neymar (BRA/Barcelona)

Women's Ballon d'Or:

Carli Lloyd (USA/Houston Dash), Aya Miyama (JPN/Okoyama Yunogo Belle), Celia Sasic (GER/FFC Frankfurt)

Coach of the Year:

Luis Enrique (ESP/Barcelona), Pep Guardiola (ESP/Bayern Munich), Jorge Sampaoli (ARG/Chile national team)

Women's Coach of the Year:

Jill Ellis (USA/United States national team), Mark Sampson (WAL/England national team), Norio Sasaki (JPN/Japan national team)

Puskas award for best goal:

Alessandro Florenzi (ITA/AS Roma), Wendell Lira (BRA/Vila Nova), Lionel Messi (ARG/Barcelona)

Mentioned in the news story

L. Messi
C. Ronaldo
A. Florenzi
C. Šašić
A. Miyama
C. Lloyd
Barcelona
Real Madrid