Messi, Ribery & Ronaldo are the final Ballon d'Or contenders

Franck Ribery, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi  are the three final shortlisted for the 2013 Ballon d'Or.
Ronaldo will end 2013 without silverware, but has started the current campaign in the form of his life for club and country, scoring a total of 28 goals for Real Madrid and Portugal.

The 28-year-old last won the award back in 2008 thanks to his performances for Manchester United but is currently in top form as he assisted his national team to qualify  2014 World Cup with a superb hat-trick against Sweden in the play-off round.
 
The Barcelona forward has won the last four editions of the award and led Barcelona's charge to the Liga title last term with 46 goals.

While, Ribery enjoyed the best season of his career, helping Bayern Munich to an unprecedented treble with remarkably consistent performances, particularly in the Bundesliga.
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