Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez of Barcelona are up against Cristiano Ronaldo, Eden Hazard and five Juventus players for UEFA's 2014-15 Best Player in Europe award.

Gianluigi Buffon, Paul Pogba, Arturo Vidal, Carlos Tevez (now at Boca Juniors) and Andrea Pirlo (now at New York City FC) represent Juventus.

Past winners include Messi (2011), Andres Iniesta (2012), Franck Ribery (2013) and Ronaldo (2014).