Ronaldo & Messi among the 32 nominees for UEFA's Best Player in Europe Award

[emezico]

UEFA has announced a list of the 32 players who are in contention for its award for the best player of Europe.

La Liga champion Real Madrid is the most represented club on the list, with seven players, followed by Premier League holder Manchester City, who boast six players.

Champions League winners Chelsea and Catalan giants Barcelona boast four players each, while Radamel Falcao is the sole player from Europa League champions Atletico Madrid to make the cut.

The players were chosen by a a jury of journalists from each of UEFA's 53 member associations. The governing body for European football will reveal on August 14 the names of the three players who were given the most points by the writers, who will then proceed to the live vote to choose the overall winner in Monaco.

Barca's Lionel Messi was the winner of the first edition of the award, beating teammate Xavi and Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo to the honor.

Below is the list of players nominated for the award:   

                                                                                 
Iker Casillas                                             
Joe Hart                                                                         
Vincent Kompany                                                     Wayne Rooney
Fernando Torres                                                                 
Wayne Rooney                                                    
Xavi
Robin van Persie   
Jakub Blaszczykowski   
Cristiano Ronaldo
Sergio Ramos             
Raul
David Silva
Gianluigi Buffon
Zlatan Ibrahimovic   
Frank Lampard
Lionel Messi
Radamel Falcao
Pepe
Mario Balotell   
Luka Modric       
Andres Iniesta
Sergio Aguer
Mesut Ozil
Petr Cech
Shinji Kagawa
Cesc Fabregas
Fabio Coentrao
Xabi Alonso   
Didier Drogba
Andrea Pirlo

[Davzy folamz]

congratz to them.