Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar will go up against each other for the men’s prize at this year’s Best FIFA Football Awards, due to take place in London on Monday.
Ronaldo was the recipient of the inaugural Best FIFA Men’s Player Award and has enjoyed another brilliant year.
In addition to winning the Spanish league and the FIFA Club World Cup last term, the Portuguese added another UEFA Champions League crown.
Argentina’s Messi scored 37 league goals for Barcelona last season, while Neymar bolstered his standing by helping the Brazilian national team to become the first side to join the hosts at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Paris Saint-Germain broke the world record transfer fee when they signed Neymar from Barcelona for €222 million (£196 million/$259 million) earlier this summer.
In the running for the Best FIFA Women’s Player Award at the London Palladium Theatre is Venezuela’s Deyna Castellanos.
She was instrumental in leading her country to fourth place at the 2016 FIFA Under-17 World Cup.
Carli Lloyd of the United States was crowned the inaugural Best FIFA Women’s Player in 2016 after yet another successful year.
In her four-month loan spell with Manchester City earlier in 2017, Lloyd helped the side to the 2016-17 UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-finals and lifted the FA Cup for the first time.
The Netherlands’ Lieke Martens excelled as her national team triumphed at UEFA Women’s Euro 2017.
Voted Player of the Tournament, which was held on Dutch soil, she scored three and added two assists.
Italians Massimiliano Allegri and Antonio Conte are joined by Frenchman Zinedine Zidane in the race for the Men’s Coach award.
Allegri guided Juventus to a league and cup double, their third Coppa Italia and sixth Serie A in a row.
Conte lifted the Premier League title in his debut Chelsea season, with a record 30 victories while Zidane won La Liga and became the first coach to win back-to-back UEFA Champions League titles.