The lists of 23 male candidates were drawn up by football experts from the football committee, the technical and development committee and the committee for women's football and the FIFA women's World Cup, as well as by a group of experts from France football.

The alliance between FIFA and the Amaury Group of France to create the FIFA Ballon d'Or was signed in Johannesburg on July 5, 2010.

The award is a combination of the FIFA World Player of the Year award and the France Football Ballon d'Or.

FIFA and France Football would on December 6, 2010, announce at a media event in Paris the names of the three men and three women, as well as the three men's coaches and three women's coaches, who have received the most votes.

The new FIFA Ballon d'Or award would represent a fusion in terms of voting procedure as votes would now come from the coaches and captains of international teams, as was previously the case for the FIFA Player of the Year, and also from journalists, who used to nominate France Football's Ballon d'Or winner.

Since 2005, the two honors have always gone to the same players, with Ronaldinho recognized in 2005, Fabio Cannavaro singled out in 2006, Kaka taking the plaudits in 2007, and 2008 winner Cristiano Ronaldo then giving way to Lionel Messi in 2009.

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