FIFA officially release the three footballers in the running for the FIFA Ballon d'Or 2015.
Barcelona
star Lionel Messi will be up against Alessandro Florenzi of Roma and
Wendell Lira of Goianesia in the running for the FIFA Puskas Award for
the best goal of 2015 after the final three-player shortlist was
announced on Monday.
The winner of the award, won last year by Colombia's James Rodriguez for his strike against Uruguay at the 2014 World Cup, will be announced at the FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony in Zurich on Jan. 11, 2016.
The three remain from the list of 10 announced earlier in November, meaning U.S. women's striker Carli Lloyd is among those not to make the cut.
Messi, 28, is selected for a goal he scored against Athletic Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey final in May, when he collected the ball just inside his own half before beating five men and slotting a shot into the bottom corner. Barcelona went on to beat Athletic 3-1 to lift the trophy at the Camp Nou en route to winning the Treble last season.
The Argentina captain is also on the three-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or, along with Barcelona teammate Neymar and current holder Cristiano Ronaldo.
The only goal to be nominated from the UEFA Champions League was scored by Florenzi. The defender picked up a loose ball deep in his own half in a group match against Barcelona this season before bursting down the right flank. He then lofted an unbelievable effort over goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen from the touchline just inside the Barca half.
Wendell provides the one strike which comes from South America, netted for Atletico-GO against Goianesia in Brazil's Campeonato Goiano in March. He scored with a fine bicycle kick from 10 yards out after a running on to a lofted pass through the centre.
Lloyd, who plays her club football for Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League in the U.S., scored an outstanding goal in the final of the Women's World Cup against Japan in July but it was not enough to see her emulate Stephanie Roche last season by representing women's football in the final three.
Other high-profile names among the seven dropped from the running are Boca Juniors striker Carlos Tevez, for an exhilarating solo effort he scored while still at Juventus in a Serie A game against Parma last November, and AC Milan defender Philippe Mexes for his stunning volley in an International Champions Cup friendly against city rivals Inter.
The winner of the award, won last year by Colombia's James Rodriguez for his strike against Uruguay at the 2014 World Cup, will be announced at the FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony in Zurich on Jan. 11, 2016.
The three remain from the list of 10 announced earlier in November, meaning U.S. women's striker Carli Lloyd is among those not to make the cut.
Messi, 28, is selected for a goal he scored against Athletic Bilbao in the Copa Del Rey final in May, when he collected the ball just inside his own half before beating five men and slotting a shot into the bottom corner. Barcelona went on to beat Athletic 3-1 to lift the trophy at the Camp Nou en route to winning the Treble last season.
The Argentina captain is also on the three-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or, along with Barcelona teammate Neymar and current holder Cristiano Ronaldo.
The only goal to be nominated from the UEFA Champions League was scored by Florenzi. The defender picked up a loose ball deep in his own half in a group match against Barcelona this season before bursting down the right flank. He then lofted an unbelievable effort over goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen from the touchline just inside the Barca half.
Wendell provides the one strike which comes from South America, netted for Atletico-GO against Goianesia in Brazil's Campeonato Goiano in March. He scored with a fine bicycle kick from 10 yards out after a running on to a lofted pass through the centre.
Lloyd, who plays her club football for Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League in the U.S., scored an outstanding goal in the final of the Women's World Cup against Japan in July but it was not enough to see her emulate Stephanie Roche last season by representing women's football in the final three.
Other high-profile names among the seven dropped from the running are Boca Juniors striker Carlos Tevez, for an exhilarating solo effort he scored while still at Juventus in a Serie A game against Parma last November, and AC Milan defender Philippe Mexes for his stunning volley in an International Champions Cup friendly against city rivals Inter.
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