Henry and Cannavaro favourites for Fifa player of the year

[babak_australia]

Its definitely gonna be Thierrrrrrrrrrry


Three England players feature on the 30-man shortlist for FIFA's World Player of the Year award.

Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney and Frank Lampard are among 12 Premiership players in contention for the prize which will be awarded in Zurich on December 18.

Lampard came second behind Ronaldinho in last year's awards, but this year's competition is expected to come down to a contest between Fabio Cannavaro, captain of World Cup winners Italy, and Arsenal's French striker Thierry Henry, a losing finalist in both the Champions League and the World Cup.

The head coaches and captains of all national teams will now vote for their best players from the shortlist.

Meanwhile, Arsenal's striker Kelly Smith is the only England player on the shortlist for the women's player of the year award.

FIFA World Player of the Year shortlist:

Adriano (Inter Milan, Brazil), Michael Ballack (Chelsea, Germany), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid, Italy), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal), Petr Cech (Chelsea, Czech Republic), Deco (Barcelona, Portugal), Didier Drogba (Chelsea, Ivory Coast), Michael Essien (Chelsea, Ghana), Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona, Cameroon), Luis Figo (Inter Milan, Portugal), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan, Italy), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool, England), Thierry Henry (Arsenal, France), Kaka (AC Milan, Brazil), Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen, Germany), Philippe Lahm (Bayern Munich, Germany), Frank Lampard (Chelsea, England), Jens Lehmann (Arsenal, Germany), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan, Italy), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan, Italy), Franck Ribery (Marseille, France), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal, Argentina), Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Brazil), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, England), Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal, Czech Republic), Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea, Ukraine), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona, France), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan, France), Zinedine Zidane (retired, France).

SOURCE: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...384785&cc=3436

[Amin_]

My favourite player better win it - Cannavaro

[EKBATAN]

FIFA is biased against italians and everyone rather see a forward or mid fielder win the prize instead of DEFENDER

Same reason zidane won the golden ball for the WC despite his disgraceful act.

But I like HENRY, so i wouldnt be disappointed if he wins.




p.s. For cannavaro's performance check out my sig.

[Suprah]

Cannavaro = enough said

This better be his chance

[EKBATAN]

Yea they robbed Cannavaro of the Golden ball
They better give him this award!

[Amir H F]

Yea they robbed Cannavaro of the Golden ball
They better give him this award!

Yup and Cannavaro deserves this award much more this time around.

[Milad-69]

HENRY Fo' Sho'

[PSGman#19]

henry's the best

[Darvish11]

cannavaro should win

but hes not doin too good in real

[soniq]

ladies and gentelmen, Thierry Henry:

[CULOOCHE]

zaidane

[babak_australia]

ladies and gentelmen, Thierry Henry:

mashallah soniq jan, MASHALLAH

Thierry is the king....World Cup final and Champions league final, he may not have won them but he had a major part in getting his team to both finals.

I honestly dont think Cannavaro will get it, seeing as his club was involved in such a scandal. It has left a sour taste in every ones mouth.

[PersianMadrid7]

Cannavaro.

Juventus and Italy had the strongest defensive line last year.


Henry went far with Arsenal in the CL, but couldn't handle Barcelona. And with France he created some chances, but Zidane was the star for the French.


It's about time a defender wins this award.

[Nasrawi ByHearT]

It has to be Cannavaro surely!!

[KC McElroy]

What the hell is the violent head butter doing on the list? Should we make a petition to FIFA to nominate all players on Bahrain's national team as well?