Chelsea nine in line for world
award
Monday, Oct 09, 2006
have nine players from our current squad in the shortlist for the
FifPro World Player of the Year award, the best representation by
any club.
FifPro is the international players union and their award was
started last year.
A total of 43,000 players have been balloted on the 2006 best
player plus a world XI.
The list of 55 nominations contains three of Chelseas summer
signings, Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack and Andriy Shevchenko, plus
Petr Cech, John Terry, Claude Makelele, Frank Lampard, Arjen Robben
and Didier Drogba.
The Chelsea list increases to ten if on-loan Hernán Crespo is
included and to 11 if Gallas is included
Ronaldinho was last years inaugural winner with Terry, Lampard,
Makelele and Shevchenko all making the World XI.
This year's winner will be announced on November 6.
The full 2006 shortlist (with
Premiership players marked by *) is:
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Petr Cech* (Czech Republic),
Dida (Brazil), Jens Lehmann* (Germany), Edwin van der Sar*
(Holland).
Defenders: Roberto Ayala (Argentina), Cafu (Brazi), Fabio Cannavaro
(Italy), Roberto Carlos (Brazil), Cicinho (Brazil), Ashley Cole*
(England), Rio Ferdinand* (England), William Gallas* (France),
Fabio Grosso (Italy), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Lucio (Brazil),
Rafael Marquez (Mexico), Marco Materazzi (Italy), Miguel
(Portugal), Alessandro Nesta (Italy), Carles Puyol (Spain), Willy
Sagnol (France), John Terry* (England), Lilian Thuram (France),
Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy).
Midfielders: Michael Ballack* (Germany), Deco (Portugal), Cesc
Fabregas* (Spain), Luis Figo (Portugal), Gennaro Gattuso (Italy),
Steven Gerrard* (England), Kaka (Brazil), Frank Lampard* (England),
Claude Makalele* (France), Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Juan Roman
Riquelme (Argentina), Francesco Totti (Italy), Patrick Vieira
(France), Ze Roberto (Brazil), Zinedine Zidane (France).
Forwards: Adriano (Brazil), Hernan Crespo (Argentina), Didier
Drogba* (Ivory Coast), Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Thierry Henry*
(France), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Arjen
Robben* (Holland), Ronaldinho (Brazil), Ronaldo (Brazil), Cristiano
Ronaldo* (Portugal), Wayne Rooney* (England), Andriy Shevchenko*
(Ukraine), Luca Toni (Italy), Fernando Torres (Spain).
