Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and John Terry are the Chelsea players nominated for the Ballon D'Or award, the most prestigious individual accolade in European football.
The three are on a 2009 shortlist of 30 players from around the continent's top clubs.
No-one has won the award as a Chelsea player, but former Blues Andriy Shevchenko (2004), George Weah (1995) and Ruud Gullit (1987) were all winners while with AC Milan.
Lampard has the best showing by a player while at Chelsea. He finished second in 2005. Drogba was fourth in the 2007 awards. Last year's winner was Cristiano Ronaldo.
The award was initiated in 1956 when Stanley Matthews was the first winner, but Michael Owen remains the only player at an English club to scoop the prize since the 1970s.
Nominations are based on votes by journalists working on football titles throughout Europe, and are compiled by France Football magazine. The winner will be announced on 1 December .
The full list of nominations for 2009 is as follows:
Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Iker Casillas
(Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Diego (Juventus), Didier
Drogba (Chelsea), Edin Dzeko (Wolfsburg), Samuel Eto'o (Inter Milan),
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Fernando Torres (Liverpool), Diego Forlan
(Atletico Madrid), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Ryan Giggs (Manchester
United), Yoann Gourcuff (Bordeaux), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Zlatan
Ibrahimovic (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Julio Cesar (Inter
Milan), Kaka (Real Madrid), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Maicon (Inter
Milan), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Luis Fabiano (Seville), Franck Ribery
(Bayern Munich), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea),
Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), David Villa (Valencia), Xavi
(Barcelona), Yaya Toure (Barcelona).
19 October 2009
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