FIFA has on Friday announced the finalists for the Best Football Awards of 2017 at a special media event in London Friday, APA reports quoting Anadolu Agency.

Christiano Ronaldo, who won the award in 2016, has been named as one of the finalists in the FIFA Best Men's Player Award category, along with his very old rival Lionel Messi & Neymar, FIFA said a statement on its official website.

The 3 nominees for the new Best Goalkeeper Award are Gianluigi Buffon of the Juventus club, Keylor Navas from Real Madrid, & Manuel Neuer from FC Bayern Munich.

Venezuela's Deyna Castellanos, U.S. soccer player Carli Lloyd & Dutch player Lieke Martens were mentioned as finalists for the Best FIFA Women's Player.

In the Best Fan category, supporters of Borussia Dortmund from Germany, Celtic from Scotland & FC Copenhagen from Denmark will compete with each other.

The winners will on October 23 be crowned at the London Palladium Theatre.