full list of fifa ballon d'or 2015 winners

fifa ballon d'or: lionel messi

fifa fifpro world xi: neuer; thiago silva, marcelo, sergio ramos, dani alves; iniesta, modric, pogba; messi, neymar, cristiano

fifa women's world player of the year: carli lloyd

fifa puskás award: wendell lira

fifa world coach of the year (men's): luis enrique

fifa world coach of the year (women's): jill ellis

fifa fair play award: all football organisations supporting refugees

2015 fifpro world xi( fifa 2015 team of the year)

goalkeeper

manuel neuer (bayern munich, germany)

bayern munich and german national team goalkeeper manuel neuer had one of the best goalkeeping records in the world in 2015, keeping 25 clean sheets in all competition. for his performance, bayern have only allowed eight goals in 17 bundesliga games this season.

defenders

thiago silva (paris saint-germain, brazil)

thiago silva was passed over for dunga since the early elimination of brazil in the quarterfinals of the copa america to paraguay. at the time, the defender made a penalty that resulted in the opponent draw - the brazilian team ended up falling in penalties. 

marcelo (real madrid, brazil)

marcelo mainly play as a left back, can also operate as a left winger. he scored his first goal of the season by scoring real madrid's first goal in a 3–0 home win against levante ud. and he have played 16 games and scored 2 goals in la liga this season. 

sergio ramos (real madrid, spain) 

as captain for real madrid, sergio ramos can also play as a right back, a position he primarily fulfilled earlier in his career. while as his season has been hampered by injury, he’s only played just 13 of real’s 25 matches this season. 

dani alves (barcelona, brazil)

alves started for barcelona in the 2015 uefa champions league final as the club won its fifth european cup by beating juventus at berlin's olympiastadion. this made barcelona the first club in history to win the treble of domestic league, domestic cup and european cup twice. he have played 26 games and scored 1 goal in this season. 

midfielders

andres iniesta (barcelona, spain)

andres iniesta will go down as one of the best offensive midfielders who can dribble with ball control and pass, with style and class. positioning makes him push in dangerous areas and also score crucial goals. he made 19 appearances 1 goal in this season. 

luka modric (real madrid, croatia)

modrić is described as a creative playmaker with great vision, able to change the course of the game with a pass, from both distances, or with a solo long-range effort. his best role is as a central midfielder, also can play as an attacking midfielder and left wing.

paul pogba (juventus, france)

paul pogba has developed into one of the world's top players since joining juventus in the summer of 2012 for free, helping thebianconeri to three consecutive serie a titles and a place in the champions league final in 2015. he have scored 5 goals in his 26 appearances in 2015-16. 

forwards

neymar (barcelona, brazil)

neymar was his side’s second-highest scorer in their league, copa del rey and uefa champions league treble-winning campaign, contributing 39 goals in 51 matches. coming into his own in his second season with barcelona, neymar consolidated his position as one third of a lethal three-pronged attack. in this season, he’s played 23 games scored 18 goals for barca. 

cristiano ronaldo (real madrid, portugal)

cristiano ronaldo very nearly ended the uefa champions league season as its leading marksmen as wells. cristiano nevertheless etched his name in the real madrid history books by becoming the club’s leading all-time scorer. cristiano ronaldo continues to perform at his very best, racking up the goals to end the league season as its highest scorer with 48 in all. he’s scored 25 goals in 25 games in this season. 

lionel messi (barcelona, argentina)

lionel messi was an influential figure in all the titles claimed by los culés in 2015: la liga, the copa del rey, the uefa champions league, the uefa super cup and the fifa club world cup. scorer of 48 goals in all competitions over the course of the calendar year, during the 2014/15 season he was la liga’s second-highest scorer (43 goals) and leading assist provider (21). he was also the joint leading scorer (10, along with cristiano ronaldo and neymar) and assist supplier (6) in that term’s champions league. what’s more, messi picked up a silver medal with argentina at the copa