UPDATED: Ronaldo, Aguero, Ibrahimovic shortlisted for 2016 Ballon d’Or

Manchester City duo, Sergio Aguero and Kevin de Bruyne, as well as Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Manchester United, have been nominated for the 2016 Ballon d’Or.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who lost the 2015 Ballon d’Or to Lionel Messi, also made the 30-man longlist.

Juventus trio, Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain and Gianluigi Buffon, are some of the names from Serie A, while Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Toni Kroos and Robert Lewandoski of Bayern Munich are the Bundesliga representatives.

The 30 players in contention for this year’s award have been announced by France Football.

They are:

Batch one
Sergio Aguero
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Gareth Bale
Gianluigi Buffon
Cristiano Ronaldo

Batch two
Kevin De Bruyne
Paulo Dybala
Diego Godín
Antoine Griezmann
Gonzalo Higuain

Batch three
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Andrés Iniesta
Koke
Toni Kroos
Robert Lewandowski

Batch four
Hugo Lloris
Riyad Mahrez
Lionel Messi
Luka Modric
Thomas Muller

Batch five
Manuel Neuer
Neymar
Dimitri Payet
Pepe
Paul Pogba

Batch six
Rui Patricio
Sergio Ramos
Luis Suarez
Jamie Vardy
Arturo Vidal