Ballon d'Or 2015: Did Cristiano Ronaldo vote for Lionel Messi?

Did World Cup winning manager Joachim Low really not pick Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or Neymar in his top three for the 2015 Ballon d'Or?

Who made Gareth Bale their number one choice?

And which former Premier League star on the 23-man long list failed to win the backing of his brother?

BBC Sport analyses the votes by almost 500 national team captains, coaches and media representatives...

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Tactical voting by Messi and Ronaldo?

Argentina's Messi and Portugal's Ronaldo were each given a vote as the captain of their respective countries.

But, not for the first time, the two great rivals refused to name the other in their top three.

Messi picked Barca team-mates Luis Suarez, Neymar and Andres Iniesta, while Real Madrid's Ronaldo sided with his club colleagues Karim Benzema, James Rodriguez and Gareth Bale.

Brazil captain Neymar also showed loyalty to Barcelona, naming Messi, Suarez and Croatia midfielder Ivan Rakitic as his top three.

Lionel Messi :41%

Cristiano Ronaldo:28%

Neymar:8%

Others:23%

Another left-field choice from Hodgson?

England manager Roy Hodgson raised eyebrows last year when he voted for Barcelona defender Javier Mascherano to win the 2014 awardand chose not to pick Messi or Ronaldo in his top three.

Hodgson plumped for a more conventional vote this year, but Messi did not impress everyone...

Who the home nations coaches voted for
Coach	1st	2nd	3rd
Roy Hodgson (England)	Cristiano Ronaldo	Lionel Messi	Eden Hazard
Gordon Strachan (Scotland)	Cristiano Ronaldo	Thomas Muller	Lionel Messi
Chris Coleman (Wales)	Gareth Bale	Cristiano Ronaldo	Eden Hazard
Michael O'Neill (Northern Ireland)	Luis Suarez	Robert Lewandowski	Lionel Messi

Who the home nations captains voted for
Captain	1st	2nd	3rd
Wayne Rooney (England)	Lionel Messi	Thomas Muller	Cristiano Ronaldo
Scott Brown (Scotland)	Robert Lewandowski	Cristiano Ronaldo	Thomas Muller
Ashley Williams (Wales)	Gareth Bale	Lionel Messi	Robert Lewandowski
Steven Davis (Northern Ireland)	Lionel Messi	Cristiano Ronaldo	Neymar

Who was the best of the British?

Unsurprisingly (as he was the only Briton in the 23-man long list), it was Wales forward Gareth Bale.

The Real Madrid player remains the world's most expensive player and had an excellent year in helping steer Wales to the Euro 2016 finals.

But he was only nominated as the world's best by four people, including his Wales captain Ashley Williams and coach Chris Coleman.

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