Ghana’s Andre Dede Ayew & Christian Atsu Among FIFA’s Ballon d’Or Nominees | Barcelona Leads With 7 Nominations

Two Ghanaian footballers-Christian Atsu (Everton-Bournemouth) and Andre Ayew (Marseille-Swansea) have been dominated for 2015’s FIFA Ballon d’Or.

Once again, Lionel Messi is the big favourite to lift the trophy, ahead of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who is the current holder of the prize for football’s best player.

But Messi is not the old pride of Barcelona this year, the team itself dominated the list with 7 nominations.

From Barcelona are Messi, Javier Mascherano, Claudio Bravo, Andres Iniesta, Ivan Rakitic, Neymar and Luis Suarez—these brilliant players put the other 52 players at a tight corner.

2015’s FIFA Ballon d’Or will be awarded at a gala in Zurich on January 11, 2016.

Check below for the full list…

ARGENTINA:
Aguero (Manchester City), Mascherano (FC Barcelona), Messi (FC Barcelona), Otamendi (Valencia-Manchester City), Pastore (PSG), Tevez (Juve-Boca).

AUSTRALIA:
Luongo (Swindon-QPR)

AUSTRIA:
Alaba (Bayern Munich)

BELGIUM:
Courtois (Chelsea), De Bruyne (Wolfsburg-Man. City), Hazard (Chelsea)

BRAZIL:
Coutinho (Liverpool), Neymar (FC Barcelona), Willian (Chelsea)

CHILE:
Bravo (FC Barcelona), Medel (Inter Milan), Sanchez (Arsenal), Vargas (QPR-Hoffenheim), Vidal (Juve-Bayern Múnich)

COLOMBIA:
Bacca (Sevilla-AC Milan), Jackson Martinez (Porto-Atletico Madrid), Ospina (Arsenal), James Rodriguez (Real Madrid)

SOUTH KOREA:
Son (Leverkusen-Tottenham)

IVORY COAST:
Bony (Swansea-Manchester City), Yaya Touré (Manchester City)

CROATIA:
Modric (Real Madrid), Rakitic (FC Barcelona)

FRANCE:
Benzema (Real Madrid), Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Lacazette (Olympique Lyon), Pogba (Juventus)

WALES:
Bale (Real Madrid)

GERMANY:
Kroos (Real Madrid), Muller (Bayern Munich), Neuer (Bayern Munich)

GHANA:
Atsu (Everton-Bournemouth), Ayew (Marseille-Swansea)

JAPAN:
Okazaki (Leicester)

ENGLAND:
Kane (Tottenham), Rooney (Manchester United)

ITALY:
Chiellini (Juventus), Pirlo (Juventus-New York City)

MEXICO:
Dos Santos (Villarreal-L.A. Galaxy), Guardado (PSV Eindhoven)

HOLLAND:
Depay (PSV Eindhoven-Manchester United), Robben (Bayern Munich)

PERU:
Guerrero (Corinthians-Flamengo)

POLAND:
Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

PORTUGAL:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

SPAIN:
Diego Costa (Chelsea), De Gea (Manchester United), Iniesta (FC Barcelona), Morata (Juventus), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

SWEDEN:
Ibrahimovic (PSG)

URUGUAY:
Cavani (PSG), Sanchez (River), Luis Suarez (FC Barcelona)