Golden Ball 2016: List of Nominee

Golden Ball - African Footballer of the Year 2015, second top scorer of the season in the German league with 22 goals, behind the Polish Robert Lewandowski Bayern Munich's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang among the nominees for the Golden Ball .

Aubameyang

The Gabon international Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, corporate Borussia Dortmund first German league club, is among the 30 players nominated by the European Union of Football Association (UEFA) for the Golden Ball of 2016. the list was unveiled on October 24th by the magazine France Football, initiator of the trophy.

Second representative of the African continent with the Algerian, Riyad Mahrez Leicester), first English league club, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Best African Footballer of the Year 2015, is selected for its performance, for almost three years it evolves in the German championship. Author of 22 goals this season, the Gabonese nugget was named best player in 2015/16 Bundesliga (German league).

For this edition of the Golden Ball, the captain of the Panthers of Gabon will face the top names in world football such as:

Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus),

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City),

Paulo Dybala (Juventus Turin),

Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid),

Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid),

Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus Turin),

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United),

Andres Iniesta (FC Barcelona),

Koke (Atletico Madrid),

Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)

Riyad Mahrez (Leicester)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United)

Andres Iniesta (FC Barcelona),

Luis Suarez (Barcelona), the five times winner of the trophy, Lionel Messi and the European champion, Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid. The winner will be announced December 13, 2016.