PARIS, July 24 -- The decade-long dominance of Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina's Lionel Messi was set to face tough challenges from other contenders like French sensational teenager Kylian Mbappe and Croatia's key figure Luka Modric as 10 nominees for the Best FIFA Men's Player were unveiled on Tuesday.

Ronaldo and Messi combined to win all Best Player awards in the past decade since 2008, either when it was named FIFA Ballon d'Or due to merger of the FIFA World Player of the Year award and the Ballon d'Or, or the Best FIFA Men's Player after 2016.

As the list was selected by a panel of FIFA Legends for their achievements during the period July 3, 2017 to July 15, 2018 inclusive, however, the duo seemed to lose something significant for their national team's under-par performance at the FIFA World Cup, the biggest tournament of the year, as both exit from the round of 16 in Russia.

World Cup was obviously a stage to prove themselves for Mbappe and Modric, with the former winning the FIFA Young Player Award and the latter bagging the Golden Ball Award of the tournament.

World champion France also has Antoine Griezmann and Raphael Varane in the list. Other contenders included World Cup Golden Boot Award winner Harry Kane, Belgian midfield duo of Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard, and Egypt's forward Mohamed Salah, who finished a glittering season with Premier League side Liverpool.

France's coach Didier Deschamps and his fellow Frenchman Zinedine Zidane, who steered Real Madrid to its third straight UEFA Champions League title last season, were nominated for the Best FIFA Men's Coach.

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