PARIS (AFP) -- The shortlist announced by FIFA for the 2007 World Player of the Year awards:

---------------------------- Men's shortlist
Italy (5): Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gennaro Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta, Andrea Pirlo
France (4): Thierry Henry, Franck Ribiry, Lilian Thuram, Patrick Vieira
England (4): Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney, John Terry, Steven Gerrard
Argentina (3): Lionel Messi, Juan Roman Riquelme, Carlos Tivez
Brazil (3): Juninho, Kaka, Ronaldinho
Germany (2): Miroslav Klose, Philipp Lahm
Portugal (2): Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco
Cameroon: Samuel Eto'o
Ivory Coast: Didier Drogba
Spain: Fernando Torres
Ghana: Michael Essien
Mexico: Rafael Marquez
Netherlands: Ruud van Nistelrooy
Czech Republic: Petr Cech
-------------------------------- Women's shortlist
Germany (5): Nadine Angerer, Ariane Hingst, Renate Lingor, Birgit Prinz, Kerstin Stegemann
Brazil (4): Cristiane, Daniela, Formiga, Marta
Norway (4): Ragnhild Gulbrandsen, Bente Nordby, Ane Stangeland Horpestad, Ingvild Stensland
Nigeria (2): Christie George, Perpetua Nkwocha
China (2): Duan Han, Jie Li
United States (2): Kristine Lilly, Abby Wambach
England: Kelly Smith
Australia: Lisa de Vanna
Canada: Christine Sinclair
Denmark: Cathrine Paaske Svrensen
Ghana: Adjoa Bayor
New Zealand: Rebecca Smith
North Korea: Un Suk Ri
The winners will be announced in Zurich on December 17.