Ronaldo, Messi or Neuer: Ballon d'Or announcement on Monday

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Ballon d'Or coverage

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Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi or Manuel Neuer will be named the 2014 Fifa Ballon d'Or winner on Monday.

The world player of the year will be announced at a ceremony in Zurich.

Ireland's Stephanie Roche will find out if her stunning strike for Peamount United will beat Robin van Persie and James Rodriguez to be goal of the year.

Germany's Nadine Kessler, Brazil's Marta and Abby Wambach of the United States are up for the women's player of the year award.

Real Madrid's Carlo Ancelotti, Germany's Joachim Low and Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone are nominated for coach of the year.

Here we compare last year's statistics for Real Madrid's Ronaldo, Barcelona's Messi and Bayern's World Cup winner Neuer. Scroll to the bottom to see the goal of the year contenders.

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Stephanie Roche scores wonder goal

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World Cup moments: Commentator goes wild for Rodriguez

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World Cup moments: Van Persie's spectacular header

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