Gareth Bale on Shortlist for FIFA Player of the Year!

FIFA has released its shortlist for the Ballon d'Or (Player of the Year) Award. The shortlist of players is as follows.

Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales),
Edinson Cavani (Paris St-Germain/Uruguay),
Radamel Falcao (Monaco/Colombia),
Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Belgium),
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris St-Germain/Sweden),
Andres Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain),
Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich/Germany),
Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund/Poland),
Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina),
Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich/Germany),
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich/Germany),
Neymar (Barcelona/Brazil),
Mesut Ozil (Arsenal/Germany),
Andrea Pirlo (Juventus/Italy),
Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/France),
Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich/Netherlands),
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal),
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich/Germany),
Luis Suarez (Liverpool/Uruguay),
Thiago Silva (Paris St-Germain/Brazil),
Yaya Toure (Manchester City/Ivory Coast),
Robin Van Persie (Manchester United/Netherlands),
Xavi (Barcelona/Spain)

And coach of the year..
Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid CF),
Rafael Benítez (Napoli),
Antonio Conte (Juventus),
Vicente Del Bosque (Spain),
Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United's former coach),
Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich's former coach),
Jurgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund),
Jose Mourinho (Chelsea),
Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil),
Arsene Wenger (Arsenal).