The fifty nominations for the European Footballer of the Year award, organised by France Football magazine, have been announced. Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s La Liga each have 14 representatives, while the English Premiership has 12, the Bundesliga four and France’s Ligue 1 three. The Portuguese and Greek leagues complete the list with two and one representative, respectively.
By players’ nationality, Brazil lead the way with seven nominations, followed by France and Greece with six each. Then come Italy, Portugal and Spain with five each. The Czech Republic and England have four each; Sweden and the Netherlands two each; and Argentina, Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Ukraine one each.
By club, AC Milan have six nominations, Barcelona and Real Madrid five each, Chelsea, Juventus, Manchester United and Valencia four each, Arsenal three, Porto, Roma and Werder Bremen two each. Inter, Schalke, Liverpool, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Olympiakos, Borussia Dortmund and Bologna each have one reprersntative.
European Footballer of the Year Nominations: The List in Full
Adriano (Brazil - Inter Milan, Italy)
Ailton (Brazil - Schalke 04, Germany)
Roberto Ayala (Argentina - Valencia, Spain)
Ruben Baraja (Spain) - Valencia, Spain)
Milan Baros (Czech Republic - Liverpool, England)
Fabien Barthez (France) - Olympique Marseille, France)
David Beckham (England - Real Madrid, Spain)
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy - Juventus, Italy)
Petr Cech (Czech Republic - Chelsea, England)
Angelos Haristeas (Greece - Werder Bremen, Germany)
Deco (Portugal - Barcelona, Spain)
Traianos Dellas (Greece - AS Roma, Italy)
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast - Chelsea, England)
Emerson (Brazil - Juventus, Italy)
Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon - Barcelona, Spain)
Luis Figo (Portugal - Real Madrid, Spain)
Ludovic Giuly (France)- Barcelona, Spain)
Thierry Henry (France)- Arsenal, England)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden - Juventus, Italy)
Juninho Pernambucano (Brazil - Olympique Lyon, France)
Kaka (Brazil - AC Milan, Italy)
Michalis Kapsis (Greece - Girondins Bordeaux, France)
Frank Lampard (England - Chelsea, England)
Henrik Larsson (Sweden - Barcelona, Spain)
Paolo Maldini (Italy - AC Milan, Italy)
Maniche (Portugal - Porto, Portugal)
Johan Micoud (France) - Werder Bremen, Germany)
Mista (Spain)- Valencia, Spain)
Fernando Morientes (Spain) - Real Madrid, Spain)
Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic - Juventus, Italy)
Alessandro Nesta (Italy - AC Milan, Italy)
Antonis Nikopolidis (Greece - Olympiakos Piraeus, Greece)
Andrea Pirlo (Italy - AC Milan, Italy)
Jose Antonio Reyes (Spain) - Arsenal, England)
Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal - Chelsea, England)
Ronaldinho (Brazil - Barcelona, Spain)
Ronaldo (Brazil - Real Madrid, Spain)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal - Manchester United, England)
Wayne Rooney (England - Manchester United, England)
Tomas Rosicky (Czech Republic - Borussia Dortmund, Germany)
Paul Scholes (England - Manchester United, England)
Clarence Seedorf (Netherlands - AC Milan, Italy)
Yourkas Seitaridis (Greece - Porto, Portugal)
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine - AC Milan, Italy)
Francesco Totti (Italy - AS Roma, Italy)
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands - Manchester United, England)
Vicente (Spain) - Valencia, Spain)
Patrick Vieira (France)- Arsenal, England)
Thodoris Zagorakis (Greece - Bologna, Italy)
Zinedine Zidane (France)- Real Madrid, Spain)
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2003: Pavel Nedved
2002: Ronaldo
2001: Michael Owen
2000: Luis Figo
1999: Rivaldo
1998: Zinedine Zidane
1997: Ronaldo
1996: Matthias Sammer
1995: George Weah
1994: Hristo Stoitchkov
1993: Roberto Baggio