Five Premier League clubs are represented on the shortlist for the 2017 Ballon d’Or award.
With Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur all having players nominated for the prize, the Premier League has more clubs on the shortlist of 30 players than any fellow European competition.
Chelsea and Liverpool each have two nominees: Eden Hazard and 2016/17 EA SPORTS Player of the Season N’Golo Kante; Philippe Coutinho and Sadio Mane.
Also in the running are Man City’s Kevin De Bruyne, Man Utd goalkeeper David De Gea, and back-to-back Golden Boot winner Harry Kane, of Spurs.
The Ballon d’Or is judged by France Football journalists.
Michael Owen was the first Premier League player to win the award, in 2001 for Liverpool.
Cristiano Ronaldo won the first of his four awards in 2008 with Man Utd.
Giroud in running for Puskas Award
Another Premier League player has also earned a nomination for the 2017 FIFA Puskas Award for the best goal of the year.
Olivier Giroud’s scorpion-kick volley for Arsenal against Crystal Palace has been voted by fans across the world into the final three.
Watch Giroud's scorpion goal
🦂👑@_OlivierGiroud_ is up for the Puskas Award - you know what to do... 😉
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) September 24, 2017
Vote for Oli 👉https://t.co/BiF2nWnJ5E pic.twitter.com/FZbSJDyTnx
No goal in a PL match has won the award, which was established in 2009. Wayne Rooney’s Manchester derby overhead kick in 2011 is the only other previous effort in the final three.
You can vote for Giroud on FIFA.com until Monday 23 October, when the winner will be announced in London. The Ballon d’Or victor will be named on 6 December.
Full 2017 Ballon d’Or shortlist
Premier League: Philippe Coutinho, Kevin De Bruyne, David De Gea, Eden Hazard, N'Golo Kante, Harry Kane, Sadio Mane.
Bundesliga: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Mats Hummels, Robert Lewandowski
LaLiga: Karim Benzema, Antoine Griezmann, Isco, Toni Kroos, Marcelo, Lionel Messi, Luka Modric, Jan Oblak, Sergio Ramos, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez
Ligue 1: Edinson Cavani, Radamel Falcao, Kylian Mbappe, Neymar
Serie A: Leonardo Bonucci, Gianluigi Buffon, Paulo Dybala, Edin Dzeko, Dries Mertens
