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Uefa has announced a 32 players list for the Best Player in Europe award in the 2011-12 season. Besides Ronaldo and Messi, players like David Silva, Balotelli, Joe Hart and Manchester United’s new signing Shinji Kagawa were listed.
The award was created only last year. Barcelona star, Lionel Messi won the previous year in most convincing fashion, beating his close rival Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona club mate Xavi Hernandez by a huge margin. This year there is a possibility of having a new winner as Barcelona were unable to retain La Liga and UEFA Champions League. After winning back to back Euro championship, many people consider Real Madrid and Spanish custodian Iker Casillas to win this award.
Though in the next month, this 32-player list will be shorted to 3, from which the winner of the Best Player in Europe will be chosen.
Here is the complete list of players chosen for this award :
Sergio Agüero (ARG) - Manchester City FC
Xabi Alonso (ESP) - Real Madrid FC
Mario Balotelli (ITA) - Manchester City FC
Jakub Blaszczykowski (POL)- Borussia Dortmund
Gianluigi Buffon (ITA) - Juventus
Iker Casillas (ESP) - Real Madrid FC
Petr ?ech (CZE) - Chelsea FC
Fábio Coentrão (POR) - Real Madrid FC
Leslie Davies (POR) - Bangor City FC
Didier Drogba (CIV) - Chelsea FC (Now at Shanghai Shenhua FC)
Cesc Fàbregas (ESP) - FC Barcelona
Falcao (COL) - Atlético Madrid
Joe Hart (ENG) - Manchester City FC
Zlatan Ibrahimovi? (SWE) - AC Milan
Andrés Iniesta (ESP) - FC Barcelona
Shinji Kagawa (JPN) - Borussia Dortmund (Now at Manchester United FC)
Vincent Kompany (BEL) - Manchester City FC
Frank Lampard (ENG) - Chelsea FC
Lionel Messi (ARG) - FC Barcelona
Luka Modri? (CRO) - Tottenham Hotspur FC
Mesut Özil (GER) - Real Madrid FC
Pepe (POR) - Real Madrid FC
Andrea Pirlo (ITA) - Juventus
Sergio Ramos (ESP) - Real Madrid FC
Raúl González (ESP) - FC Shalke 04 (Now at Al-Sadd Club)
Cristiano Ronaldo (POR)- Real Madrid FC
Wayne Rooney (ENG) - Manchester United FC
David Siva (ESP) - Manchester City FC
Fernando Torres (ESP)- Chelsea FC
Yaya Touré (CIV) - Manchester City FC
Robin Van Persie (NED) - Arsenal FC
Xavi Hernández (ESP) - FC Barcelona
