Italy: Gianluigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Gennaro Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta, Andrea Pirlo
Argentina: Lionel Messi, Juan Roman Riquelme, Carlos Tevez
Brazil: Juninho, Kaka, Ronadinho
Cameroon: Samuel Etoβo
Czech Republic: Petr Cech
England: Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, John Terry
France: Thierry Henry, Franck Ribery, Lilian Thuram, Patrick Vieira
Germany: Miroslav Klose, Philipp Lahm
Ghana: Michael Essien
Holland: Ruud van Nistelrooy
Ivory Coast: Didier Drogba
Mexico: Rafael Marquez
Portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco
Spain: Fernando Torres
No room for European golden boot winner Totti, Inter hitman Ibrahimovic. Cesc Fabregas, Toni, & David Villa also fail to make it on to FIFA's shortlist.