Messi, Xavi & Strong Candidate Ronaldo winning the Ballon d'Or 2011

Messi, Xavi & Ronaldo candidate winning the Ballon d'Or 2011 FIFA officially announced. Barcelona, ​​Lionel Messi and Xavi will compete with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo to earn the title of the world's best players of 2011.

All three nominees above has been filtered from 23 people. Lionel Messi, who won the Ballon d'Or last year beating Xavi and Andres Iniesta.

Lionel Messi again be the strongest candidate to win this award for the third time. The Argentine displays outstanding performance last season and scored 53 goals in all competitions.

Xavi, a creator of goals as his team's co. Number 1 Spanish midfielder is proving itself as one of the best midfielders in the world. The combination of Messi and Xavi took Barca managed to retain the La Liga title and Champions League.

Cristiano Ronaldo is defeated by his rival's good. Although only present a Copa del Rey title, Cristiano Ronaldo scored 53 goals last season.

Especially for Lionel Messi, if it can be awarded the Ballon d'Or 2011, it will become the third player to successfully acquire three of the world's best player award after Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo Luis Nazario da Lima.

There are other awards for the world's best coaches that will be contested by Josep Guardiola of Barcelona, ​​Jose Mourinho from Real Madrid and the latter was Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United.

Lionel Messi is a big chance to be able to achieve two prestigious awards after his goal against Arsenal managed to enter as candidates for the award or the prettiest goal Puskas Award and will compete with Neymar and Wayne Rooney.

Category of the best players will be contested by daughter Marta from Brazil, Japan's Homare Sawa and Abby Wambach of the United States. While the best coach award will be contested by the princess of France Bruno Bini, Norio Sasaki Japan and Pia Sundhage of Sweden.

The whole of this prestigious award will be given in the FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala will be held at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland on January 9, 2012. Thus was launched from the official FIFA website.