FIFA Ballon d'Or 2021 finalists: Full list of nominees for men's & women's awards: Messi, Ronaldo, Lewandowski & Jorginho Favourites...

Lionel Messi is bidding for a record-extending seventh men's Ballon d'Or title and will have to beat competition from Cristiano Ronaldo after the pair were named among the 30 nominees for the 2021 award.

Messi's tally of six awards is more than any other player, with Ronaldo (five) the only other player to have won more than three.

Earlier this year, Messi won his first international honour as he led Argentina to a Copa America triumph in Brazil.

Among Messi's biggest rivals is Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski, who broke Gerd Muller's single-season Bundesliga goal-scoring record with 41 goals in the 2020-21 campaign.

Since 2008, either Messi or Ronaldo has won the men's award in every season apart from 2018, when it was awarded to Luka Modric. Last year was the first one since its inception when there was no winner.

Full List of 2021 FIFA Ballon d'Or Finalists, (Men Nominees)

GOALKEEPERS

Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG)

DEFENDERS

Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)

Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)

Simon Kjær (AC Milan)

Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea)

Ruben Dias (Manchester City)

MIDFIELDERS

N'Golo Kante (Chelsea)

Mason Mount (Chelsea)

Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan)

Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United)

Pedri (Barcelona)

Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)

Jorginho (Chelsea)

Phil Foden (Manchester City)

FORWARDS

Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)

Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)

Harry Kane (Tottenham)

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)

Lionel Messi (PSG)

Neymar (PSG)

Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan)

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)

Kylian Mbappe (PSG)

Gerard Moreno (Villarreal)

Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid)

Full List of 2021 FIFA Ballon d'Or Finalists, (Women's Nominees)

Alexia Putellas

Magdalena Eriksson

Marie-Antoinette Katoto

Sam Kerr

Stina Blackstenius

Wendie Renard

Samantha Mewis

Pernille Harder

Vivianne Miedema

Sandra Panos

Lieke Martens

Jessie Fleming

Irene Paredes

Ashley Lawrence

Christine Sinclair

Ellen White

Christiane Endler

Jennifer Hermoso

Fran Kirby

Kadidiatou Diani

Full 2021 FIFA Kopa Trophy Finalists:

Bukayo Saka, Jeremy Doku, Mason Greenwood, Pedri, Ryan Gravenberch, Florian Wirtz, Giovanni Reyna, Jamal Musiala, Jude Bellingham, Nuno Mendes.

Full 2021 FIFA Yachine Trophy Nominees list:

Keylor Navas, Emiliano Martinez, Manuel Neuer, Jan Oblak, Samir Handanovic, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Ederson, Kasper Schmeichel, Edouard Mendy, Thibaut Courtois.

When where will be the 2021 Ballon d'Or winner announced. Schedule date.??

Now that a 30-man list of top performers from the last 12 months has been compiled,

The voting process Now begins.

A selection of international journalists, national team coaches and captains will be polled to determine the winner, with each voter being asked to pick out their top five.

Once that process has been completed, the prestigious prize will be handed out at a glitzy ceremony in Paris on November 29.