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European player-of-year nominees

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Posted: Sunday November 28, 1999 09:09 AM

PARIS (Reuters) -- Organizers of the European Footballer of the Year said on Friday it is likely the winner will be announced on December 20.

Manchester United's David Beckham and Barcelona's Rivaldo have emerged as clear favourites for the honor.

The 50 contenders:

Fabien Barthez (Monaco) France

Mario Basler (Bayern Munich) Germany

Gabriel Batistuta (Fiorentina) Argentina

David Beckham (Manchester United) England

Dennis Bergkamp (Arsenal) Netherlands

Oliver Bierhoff (AC Milan) Germany

Laurent Blanc (Olympique Marseille, Inter Milan) France

Gianluigi Buffon (Parma) Italy

Andrei Shevchenko (Dynamo Kiev, AC Milan) Ukraine

Alexander Shovkovski (Dynamo Kiev) Ukraine

Claudio Lopez (Valencia) Argentina

Andy Cole (Manchester United) England

Hernan Crespo (Parma) Argentina

Edgar Davids (Juventus) Netherlands

Frank de Boer (Ajax Amsterdam, Barcelona) Netherlands

Marcel Deasailly (Chelsea) France

Stefan Effenberg (Bayern Munich) Germany

Elber (Bayern Munich) Brazil

Luis Figo (Barcelona) Portugal

Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) Wales

David Ginola (Tottenham Hotspur) France

Josep Guardiola (Barcelona) Spain

Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus) Italy

Jardel (Porto) Brazil

Nwankwo Kanu (Arsenal) Nigeria

Roy Keane (Manchester United) Ireland

Patrick Kluivert (Barcelona) Netherlands

Paolo Maldini (AC Milan) Italy

Lothar Matthaeus (Bayern Munich) Germany

Sinisa Mihajlovic (Lazio) Yugoslavia

Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid) Spain

Hidetoshi Nakata (Perugia) Japan

Pavel Nedved (Lazio) Czech Republic

Emmanuel Petit (Arsenal) France

Gustavo Poyet (Chelsea) Uruguay

Raul Gonzalez (Real Madrid) Spain

Rivaldo (Barcelona) Brazil

Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid) Brazil

Ronaldo (Inter Milan) Brazil

Marcelo Salas (Lazio) Chile

Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United, Sporting Lisbon) Denmark

Jaap Stam (Manchester United) Netherlands

Lilain Thuram (Parma) France

Juan Sebastian Veron (Parma, Lazio) Argentina

Christian Vieri (Lazio, Inter Milan) Italy

Sylvain Wiltord (Girondins Bordeaux) France

Dwight Yorke (Manchester United) Trinidad and Tobago

Zlatko Zahovic (Porto, Olympiakos) Slovenia

Zinedine Zidane (Juventus) France

Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea) Italy

 

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