ZURICH Cristiano Ronaldo was left off the the 14-player shortlist for the annual Best FIFA Men's Player award for the first time, with Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbapp among those selected. Ronaldo, who was released by Manchester United and benched by Portugal during the World Cup, won the FIFA award the first two times it was handed out in 2016 and 2017 and was among the three finalists the following three years. This was the first time he was not even selected as a contender by a FIFA-appointed expert award was rebranded in 2016 following a six-year period where the former FIFA World Player of the Year Award had merged with the annual Ballon d'Or. Ronaldo finished seventh in the voting last year, when Robert Lewandowski won for the second time in a row ahead of Messi and Mohamed Salah. The 37-year-old Portuguese star joined Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr last month, seemingly marking the end of his European club career. Aside from Messi, the only member of Argentina's World Cup-winning team to make the list of nominees is forward Julin is also on the list, which includes just four players who did not play at the World Benzema https://www.portugalworldcupshop.com Sitemap, the 2022 Ballon d'Or winner, and Sadio Man were injured ahead of the tournament in Qatar, while Erling Haaland and Salah were not there because their countries, Norway and Egypt, respectively, did not other players nominated are Jude Bellingham, Kevin De Bruyne, Achraf Hakimi https://www.portugalworldcupshop.com/collections/pedro-neto-jersey, Luka Modri, Neymar and Vincius coach Lionel Scaloni is among five nominees for the men's coaching award, a list that also includes Walid Regragui after Morocco became the first team from Africa to reach the World Cup other coaches nominated are Real Madrid's Carlo Ancelotti, France's Didier Deschamps and Manchester City's Pep is done by national team captains and coaches worldwide along with selected journalists, and there is an online vote by fans which runs through Feb. winners are announced at a Feb. 27 ceremony in Paris.