Messi, Ronaldo & Iniesta
nominated for 2012 Fifa Ballon
d'Or World football's governing
body has revealed the names
of the three players who
remain in the race to win the
prestigious individual award Nov 29, 2012 2:23:00 PM MORE ON : Argentina, Barcelona, Portugal, Real Madrid CF, Spain, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta Luján 18 Comments 0 Awesome 2 Dislike Getty Fifa and France Football have
announced that Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Cristiano Ronaldo are the remaining three candidates in the running for the
2012 Fifa Ballon d'Or. The Argentine has netted an
impressive 82 goals since
January, and needs only three
more in 2012 to equal Gerd
Muller's record of 85 strikes for
club and country in a calendar year.
Messi helped Barcelona to the
Copa del Rey in 2011-12, while
also guiding Argentina to top spot
in their 2014 World Cup
qualification section. Ronaldo played a key role in Real
Madrid's Liga triumph last term
with his 46 league goals, and also
made it to the semi-finals of Euro
2012 with Portugal.
Iniesta, meanwhile, triumphed with Spain at last summer's
European Championship, as well
as winning the Copa del Rey with
the Blaugrana.
Messi previously won the Ballon
d'Or in 2009, while also picking up the prestigious trophy in 2010 and
2011 after it merged with the Fifa
World Player of the Year award.
Ronaldo emerged victorious in
2008, but had to settle for second
spot in 2009 and 2011. Iniesta finished as runner-up in 2010. Vicente del Bosque, Pep Guardiola
and Jose Mourinho have been
nominated for the Coach of the
Year prize.
Radamel Falcao, Neymar and
Miroslav Stoch are the three candidates in the running to win
the Puskas award for goal of the
season, while Marta, Abby
Wambach and Alex Morgan are in
contention for the Women’s
Player of the Year title. Bruno Bini, Norio Sasaki and Pia
Sundhage are the trio up for the
Coach of the Year trophy in
women's football.
The winners of all of the awards
will be revealed at the Fifa Ballon d’Or gala as part of a televised
show at the Zurich Kongresshaus
on 7 January www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4055/main/2012/11/29/3565305/messi-ronaldo-iniesta-nominated-for-2012-fifa-ballon-dor

They better give it to CR7. I expect Nothing less.

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