Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar shortlisted for World Footballer of the year award!

Real Madrid sensational footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo will be challenging the Barcelona pair of Lionel Messi and Neymar for the world footballer award of the year. That is given by Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) every year.

Star forward Ronaldo has been awarded as the world’s best footballer for the past two years next to Messi’s four-in-a-row, while Neymar had never won the award during his career.

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It is the eighth successive year that Ronaldo and Messi have been nominated for this prestigious award.

Ronaldo has scored highest number of goal for his club and country. He has scored 48 goals in 51 matches.

While, Messi has scored 44 goals in 54 matches, and Neymar has found the net 42 times in the equal matches.