Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale headline the 40-man shortlist, with the results being announced at the beginning of next year.
A record 6.3 million votes were cast in last year’s edition, where Real Madrid’s Ronaldo enjoyed a seventh successive appearance inside Europe’s elite
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It is the third time that Ronaldo has claimed the prize, presented to the leading league goal scorer in Europe’s top divisions, having previously won in 2008 and 2011
All eyes were on Luis Suarez and how the former Liverpool striker would fare on his competitive debut for the Catalan giants
The group stage matches continue on Wednesday with eight matches in Groups E, F, G and H
The Portugal captain received the 2013/14 accolade at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco from UEFA President, Michel Platini
The reigning World Player of the Year has suffered from knee and thigh injuries since the end of the domestic season
Germany, utterly dominant despite playing without a recognised centre forward, went on to win 4-0 with a hat-trick for Muller – the golden boot winner at the last World Cup – and a thunderous header from Mats Hummels
“I know what Cristiano Ronaldo’s injury is about,” Bonsam told Kumasi radio station, Angel FM. “I’m working on him
The 4-1 final score was hardly a fair representation of the match, as Real Madrid pulled away in extra time, thanks to a goal from Marcelo and penalty by Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Coach Carlo Ancelotti said that Ronaldo “doesn’t have any problems” but acknowledged that he had lingering doubts about Ronaldo’s strike partner, Karim Benzema, and defender Pepe
Their defence overwhelmed the Bayern attack, limited the Germans to just three shots on goal, the first one not even coming until the 60th minute
It’d take a calamitous collapse in Germany for Carlo Ancelotti’s side to be eliminated now
Ronaldo came within inches of his hat-trick and equalling Lionel Messi’s record of 14 Champions League goals in a season again seven minutes from time, but he had to settle for just a double on the night as his low left-footed effort came back off the post and rebounded to safety
Ronaldo, who is celebrating his 29th birthday on Wednesday, was dismissed with 15 minutes left at the San Mames after pushing Bilbao defender, Carlos Gurpegui, in the face and confronting midfielder Ander Iturraspe
Ronaldo defeated Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery to grab the award
Blatter, at a press conference at the Abu Dhabi’s Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium on Friday, said he has no known problem with the Real Madrid player and hence the press should not try to start one
His first came in the 17th minute and prevented an own goal when a cross deflected off Pepe, forcing him into a tough stop
The list was released on Tuesday by FIFA, with the winner to be announced on January 13, 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland
Mourinho, set to leave Real at the end of the season and rejoin Chelsea, was the first to get his marching orders after barking at the officials
Two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and one from Raphael Varane ended the hosts’ hopes before Jordi Alba netted a last-minute consolation