Soccer's Player of the Year nominations (11 Oct 2007 09:11 GMT)
Argentina players Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal) and Carlos Tevez (Man Utd) have been all shortlisted for soccer's World Player of the Year award.
WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR FULL SHORTLIST: Buffon (Juventus, Italy), Cannavaro (Real Madrid, Italy), Cech (Chelsea, Czech Rep.), Ronaldo (Man. Utd., Portugal), Deco (Barcelona, Portugal), Drogba (Chelsea, Ivory Coast), Essien (Chelsea, Ghana), Eto'o (Barcelona, Cameroon), Gattuso (AC Milan, Italy), Gerrard (Liverpool, England), Henry (Barcelona, France), Juninho (Lyon, Brazil), Kaka (AC Milan, Brazil), Klose (Bayern Munich, Germany), Lahm (Bayern Munich, Germany), Lampard (Chelsea, England), Marquez (Barcelona, Mexico), Messi (Barcelona, Argentina), Nesta (AC Milan, Italy), Pirlo (AC Milan, Italy), Ribery (Bayern Munich, France), Riquelme (Villarreal, Argentina), Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Brazil), Rooney (Man. Utd., England), Terry (Chelsea, England), Tevez (Man. Utd., Argentina), Thuram (Barcelona, France), Torres (Liverpool, Spain), Van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid, Holland), Vieira (Inter Milan, France).
source : Bloomberg