Cesc Fabregas has been named on the shortlist for the prestigious FIFA Ballon d’Or award.
The 23-year-old has had some outstanding seasons in an Arsenal shirt but 2009/10 was surely his best yet. He topped his Club's scoring and assists chart and went on to win the World Cup with Spain in July.
Lionel Messi currently holds the Ballon d'Or and Fifa World Player of the Year, but for the first time the awards have been merged so the world’s best player will be recognised by one honour.
Fabregas has been included in the 23-man list that was drawn up by football experts from the Football Committee, the Technical and Development Committee as well as by a group of experts from France Football.
The winner will be revealed in Zurich on January 11.
The following (in alphabetical order) are in contention for the award:
Xabi Alonso (Spain), Daniel Alves (Brazil), Iker Casillas (Spain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Diego Forlán (Uruguay), Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Júlio César (Brazil), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Maicon (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Thomas Müller (Germany), Mesut Özil (Germany), Carles Puyol (Spain), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands), David Villa (Spain) and Xavi (Spain).
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