A jury of 58 sports reporters from around the world have drafted the list of ten candidates for the award, who are: David Beckham, Gianluigi Buffon, Iker Casillas, Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto’o, Ryan Giggs, Raúl González, Javier Zanetti and Barça’s own Carles Puyol and Xavi Hernández.

How voting works

From now, web users are free to vote for this year’s winner. To vote, all you have to do is click here , and you have until October 7 at 12.00. The prize will be presented three days later, on October 10 in Montecarlo. The winner, like last year, will leave his footprint on the ‘Champions Promenade’, the footballing ‘Walk of Fame’.

Previous winners

2003 Roberto Baggio
2004 Pavel Nedved
2005 Andrei Shevchenko
2006 Ronaldo
2007 Alessandro del Piero
2008 Roberto Carlos
2009 Ronaldinho
2010 Francesco Totti