Last year’s winner Ronaldo is a favourite to retain the trophy, ahead of four-time winner Lionel Messi.
But Bayern Munich stopper Neuer will hope to make the individual accolade, after becoming the third goalkeeper to be shortlisted in the 21st century and with Lev Yashin the only goalkeeper to ever win the award.
Ronaldo is a favourite for the award after shining through the season and leading Real Madrid to the Champions League, Copa Del Rey and European Super Cup.
The 29-year-old has been in scintillating form scoring 55 goals and adding 19 assists for club and country in 55 appearances.
Messi , on the other hand, has 52 goals and 21 assists for Barcelona and Argentina in 2014. But Messi is yet to win anything.
Barca came runners-up to Atletico Madrid in La Liga, were beaten by Real in the aforementioned Copa del Rey final and despite Messi’s prompting, Argentina reached the World Cup final, where they were beaten by Germany 1-0.
However, Messi’s performances at the tournament in Brazil saw him awarded the Golden Ball for best player, while he has also broken goalscoring records for both Los Cules and La Liga.
Neuer had arguably the greatest year of all however.
The 28-year-old won both the Bundesliga and DFB Pokal with the Bavarian club,before winning the World Cup with his country in Brazil.
Neuer was awarded the World Cup Golden Glove, named in the World Cup Dream Team and named Footballer of the Year in Germany for the second time.
For the women’s award, European Footballer of the Year Nadine Kessler (Germany), five-time winner Marta (Brazil) and Abby Wambach (USA) were nominated.
Meanwhile, Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid), Joachim Low (Germany) and Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid) were shortlisted for FIFA Coach of the Year.
Additionally, Stephanie Roche, James Rodriguez and Robin van Persie have been shortlisted for the Puskas Award for best goal.
Source: mirror.co.uk