Golden Ball Nominees Announced

France Football magazine have announced their 50 player shortlist for the European Footballer of the Year award.

Ronaldo is among seven Real Madrid players and seven Brazilian's named in the list of the best footballers playing in Europe.

Michael Owen collected the award last year and is listed again along with fellow English internationals David Beckham and Rio Ferdinand.

The full list

Pablo Aimar, Sonny Anderson, Michael Ballack, Rubén Baraja, Yildiray Bastürk, David Beckham, Cafu, Djibril Cissé, Alessandro Del Piero, Papa Bouba Diop, El Hadji Diouf, Edmilson, Rio Ferdinand, Luis Figo, Ryan Giggs, Hasan Sas, Thierry Henry, Iker Casillas, Junichi Inamoto, Filippo Inzaghi, Oliver Kahn, Miroslav Klose, Patrick Kluivert, Lucio, Luis Enrique, Roy Makaay, Claude Makelele, Paolo Maldini, Michael Owen, Pauleta, Raúl González, Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Tomáš Rosický, Saviola, Bernd Schneider, Seol Ki-Hyeon, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Francesco Totti, David Trezeguet, Juan Carlos Valerón, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Ruud van Nistelrooij, Patrick Vieira, Christian Vieri, Marc Wilmots, Sylvain Wiltord, Zinedine Zidane.