Who is your vote?

National team coaches and captains get to choose their top 3 on the FIFA Player of the Year from the shortlist below recently published by FIFA.

Who are your 3 choices?

Are there any notable omissions?

Here is the full shortlist:

Buffon (Juventus)
Cannavaro (Real Madrid)
Cech (Chelsea)
Ronaldo (Man Utd)
Deco (Barcelona)
Drogba (Chelsea)
Essien (Chelsea)
Eto'o (Barcelona)
Gattuso (AC Milan)
Gerrard (Liverpool)
Henry (Barcelona)
Juninho (Lyon)
Kaka (AC Milan)
Klose (Bayern Munich)
Lahm (Bayern Munich)
Lampard (Chelsea)
Marquez (Barcelona)
Messi (Barcelona)
Nesta (AC Milan)
Pirlo (AC Milan)
Ribery (Bayern Munich)
Riquelme (Villarreal)
Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
Rooney (Man Utd)
Terry (Chelsea)
Tevez (Man Utd)
Thuram (Barcelona)
Torres (Liverpool)
Van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid)
Vieira (Inter Milan)

This post was last modified: 10-10-2007 06:36 PM by Elbows.

I think either Drogba or Cristiano Ronaldo will win it. If i'm honest with you I don't see why Frank Lampard is on there, he is not that good. I think John Terry will run the winner close as well!

I think is van Nistelrooy we'll see.in the finish of season

I suppose this runs on a calendar year, Jan to Dec 2007. So they'd need to take in to consideration performances from last year's domestic season. And, you're right, van Nistelrooy was on the boil then, gary

As much as I would love for it to be Gerrard, my money is with Ronaldo of Man U.

Yes, Gerrard is a solid, consistent performer but probably lacks the flights of magic we see from some of the other players on the list.

My vote would also go to Steven Gerrard, solid, compact, one of the best players currently in the world! He can defend, pass, and attack. Great player.