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Ronaldo made the shortlist after finishing as highest goalscorer in the Champions League while helping Real Madrid to third straight Champions League title.

Modric was a crucial player in that historic Real Madrid side and also went on to lead Croatia to the 2018 FIFA World Cup final where they lost to France.

Salah finished the 2017/2018 Premier League season with 32 goals and also scored 10 times as Liverpool reached the final of the Champions League where they lost to Real Madrid.

Despite winning a La Liga and Copa del Rey-double with Barcelona and finishing as the highest league goalscorer in Europe, Messi.

In what might be a sign of what to come, Modric was last week named UEFA Men’s Player of the Year Award beating Ronaldo and Salah.

The announcements were revealed on Monday, August 3 in London by a star cast of FIFA Legends in London including Kanu Nwankwo.

Ronaldo has won Men's Player of the Year twice since FIFA started their award after parting ways with France Football for FIFA Ballon d'Or.

Belgian and now Real Madrid shot-stopper Thibaut Courtois, France and Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris and Leicester City’s Danish star Kasper Schmeichel will battle for Goalkeeper of the Year.

For Coach of the Year,  Croatia’s manager Dalic Zlatko, Didier Deschamps of France and former Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane make the final shortlist for Men’s Coach Award.

Zlatko led Croatia’s impressive World Cup campaign where there were beaten in the final by Deschamps’ France while Zidane won his third straight Champions League title as coach of Real Madrid.

Full shortlist

Men’s Player of the Year

Cristiano Ronaldo

Luka Modric

Mohamed Salah

Women’s Player of the Year

Ada Hegerberg

Dzsenifer Marozsan

Marta

Coach of the Year

Zlatko Dalic

Didier Deschamps

Zinedine Zidane

Women’s Coach of the Year

Reynald Pedros

Asako Takakura

Sarina Wiegman

Best Goalkeeper

Thibaut Courtois

Hugo Lloris

Kasper Schmeichel