Lionel Messi is on the short list for The Best FIFA Men’s Player. (USA TODAY Sports)

Many familiar names that competed in the World Cup were on the short list for The Best FIFA Men’s Player, which was announced on Thursday.

That included the likes of World Cup champion Lionel Messi (Argentina), runner-up Klyian Mbappe (France) and Neymar (Brazil) Paris St-Germain in French Ligue 1.

Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi is the fourth PSG player on the 14-player list.

The full list of players:

Julián Álvarez (Argentina / Club Atlético River Plate / Manchester City FC)

Jude Bellingham (England / BV Borussia 09 Dortmund)

Karim Benzema (France / Real Madrid CF)

Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium / Manchester City FC)

Erling Haaland (Norway / BV Borussia 09 Dortmund / Manchester City FC)

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain FC)

Robert Lewandowski (Poland / FC Bayern München / FC Barcelona)

Sadio Mané (Senegal / Liverpool FC / FC Bayern München)

Kylian Mbappé (France / Paris Saint-Germain FC )

Lionel Messi (Argentina / Paris Saint-Germain FC)

Luka Modrić (Croatia / Real Madrid CF)

Neymar (Brazil / Paris Saint-Germain FC)

Mohamed Salah (Egypt / Liverpool FC)

Vinícius Junior (Brazil / Real Madrid CF)

Public voting is open on FIFA+ and will run until 5:59 p.m. ET on Feb. 3.

FIFA will announce the three finalists in each of the seven categories listed above in early February.

 

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.