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Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar Shortlisted for Ballon d'Or 2015

Posted by Samuel on Mon 30th Nov, 2015 - tori.ng

FIFA has released the Ballon d'Or 2015 shortlist and it has the most sensational names in the world of football in it.

Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar

Barcelona duo Lionel Messi and Neymar and Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo have been shortlisted for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or award.

The prize is the most prestigious individual player award in the game and the three were chosen from a longer list of 23 names which also included Wales and Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale.

The winner will be revealed at a gala ceremony in Zurich on January 11.

Ronaldo has won four Ballon d'Or awards, including for the past two years.

Messi also has four, which came consecutively from 2009 to 2012. The Argentina forward helped Barcelona win the treble last season, and is odds-on favourite to make it Ballon d'Or number five in 2016.

At 23, Neymar is the youngest of the finalists. The Brazil forward netted twice as Barcelona beat Real Sociedad in the Premiera Division on Saturday, and afterwards spoke of his pride at being included among the contenders.

He said: "I have never played football to be the best player in the world, or to win the Ballon d'Or. I've always just played with the idea of continually getting better, to always surpass my goals, to always be better, play better, train better."