Who would you pick?

Footy Fans around the world will be anticipating who will be the new 'FIFA Player of the Year' come next year.

Last year's winner, Brazilian Magician, Ronaldinho, who failed to impress during the recent World Cup is nominated once again.

Here are the shortlisted players for the Award taken from soccernet.com:

1. Adriano (Inter Milan, Brazil)
2. Michael Ballack (Chelsea, Germany)
3. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus, Italy)
4. Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid, Italy)
5. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal)
6. Petr Cech (Chelsea, Czech Republic)
7. Deco (Barcelona, Portugal)
8. Didier Drogba (Chelsea, Ivory Coast)
9. Michael Essien (Chelsea, Ghana)
10. Samuel Eto'o (Barcelona, Cameroon)
11. Luis Figo (Inter Milan, Portugal)
12. Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan, Italy)
13. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool, England)
14. Thierry Henry (Arsenal, France)
15. Kaka (AC Milan, Brazil)
16. Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen, Germany)
17. Philippe Lahm (Bayern Munich, Germany)
18. Frank Lampard (Chelsea, England)
19. Jens Lehmann (Arsenal, Germany)
20. Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan, Italy)
21. Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan, Italy)
22. Franck Ribery (Marseille, France)
23. Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal, Argentina)
24. Ronaldinho (Barcelona, Brazil)
25. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United, England)
26. Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal, Czech Republic)
27. Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea, Ukraine)
28. Lilian Thuram (Barcelona, France)
29. Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan, France)
30. Zinedine Zidane (retired, France)

My picks would be #3, #4, #5, #8, #14, #17, #25 and #30.

Maybe I'll explain why I've chosen them in another blog. If you are a footy fan do tell.

source taken from soccernet.com