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The shortlists for the FIFA Ballon D’Or has been announced today in Paris.

Top 3 Male Athletes (in no order):
1. Andres Iniesta (FC Barcelona)
2. Xavi Hernandez (FC Barcelona)
3. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)

Xavi, Messi, and Iniesta being informed that they got the noms:

Top 3 Female Athletes (in no order):
1.Fatmire Bajramaj (Germany)
2. Marta (Brazil)
3. Birgit Prinz (Germany)

Top 3 Men's Coaches (in no order):
1. Vicente del Bosque (Spain)
2. Pep Guardiola (FC Barcelona)
3. Jose Mourinho (Inter Milan)

Top 3 Women's Coaches (in no order):
1.Maren Meinert (Germany/German U-20 national team)
2. Silvia Neid (Germany/German national team)
3. Pia Sundhage (Sweden/USA national team)

NOTE: This isn't an announcement for the winner, by the way. That one is on January.

Men's short list (in alphabetical order)

Surname	Name	Country
Alonso	Xabi	Spain
Alves	Daniel	Brazil
Casillas	Iker	Spain
Ronaldo	Cristiano	Portugal
Drogba	Didier	Côte d'Ivoire
Eto'o	Samuel	Cameroon
Fábregas	Cesc	Spain
Forlán	Diego	Uruguay
Gyan	Asamoah	Ghana
Iniesta	Andrés	Spain
Júlio César		Brazil
Klose	Miroslav	Germany
Lahm	Philipp	Germany
Maicon		Brazil
Messi	Lionel	Argentina
Müller	Thomas	Germany
Özil	Mesut	Germany
Puyol	Carles	Spain
Robben	Arjen	Netherlands
Schweinsteiger	Bastian	Germany
Sneijder	Wesley	Netherlands
Villa	David	Spain
Xavi		Spain

Women's short list (in alphabetical order)

Surname	Name	Country
Abily	Camille	France
Bajramaj	Fatmire	Germany
Ji	So Yun	Korea Republic
Marta		Brazil
Prinz	Birgit	Germany
Seger	Caroline	Sweden
Sinclair	Christine	Canada
Smith	Kelly	England
Solo	Hope	USA
Wambach	Abby	USA

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