Besides Ronaldo, Mourinho, Casillas , Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos also reported to miss the event. The reason is because on Tuesday Real Madrid will be facing Malaga for the Copa del Rey second leg match. And based on the first leg match result, it seems that Mourinho won’t be taking chances to fly to Zurich, and to risk the players condition for the game on the next day.

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And of course, their coach Mourinho and Pep Guardiola also joined the candidates for Coach of the Year along with Ferguson. The award will be announced on January 9th at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, presented by Ruud Gullit.

As foor women footballer, the 3 finalist are Brazil’s best player Marta, Homare Sawa from Japan, and Abby Wambach from USA. While the best coach of the year candidates are Bruno Bini (France), Norio Sasaki (Japan) and Pia Sundhage (Sweden).

3 other awards that will also be presented on the ceremony are : the FIFA / FIFPro World XI, the Presidential Award and the FIFA Fair Play award from FIFA.

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