Who was the best attacker of 2014?                    

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The FIFA FIFPro World XI for 2014 will be announced at the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Zurich on January 12.

 

To get into the spirit of awards season, Goal is putting together its own team of the year based on your votes.

 

We will run four polls this week asking you to select your best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and attacker of 2014.

 

Based on the results, we will reveal our best XI on Monday December 29. Here are our nominations for attacker of the year.

 

Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid’s BBC attack – all played huge roles as their side won the Champions League and Club World Cup in 2014.

 

Thomas Muller and Arjen Robben won the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich as well as impressing at the World Cup, with the German winning the tournament and the Dutchman one of the event’s standout individual performers.

 

Robert Lewandowski has taken his goals from Borussia Dortmund to Bayern, replacing Mario Mandzukic who left Pep Guardiola’s side to join Atletico Madrid.

 

Zlatan Ibrahimovic starred again for Paris Saint-Germain in 2014, adding another league title to his growing collection.

 

Lionel Messi and Neymar failed to win a major trophy at Barcelona but thrived at the World Cup with stunning displays for Argentina and Brazil, respectively. Luis Suarez enjoyed a brilliant year at Liverpool before sealing a summer move to Camp Nou to form a star-studded South American front-three.

 

Atletico Madrid’s success in 2014 was largely down to a fantastic team unit, but if there was one standout player then Diego Costa is that man. After helping them to a Liga title and the Champions League final, he moved to Chelsea and made a superb start to Premier League life.

 

Alexis Sanchez has moved from Barcelona to Arsenal and is thriving with the responsibility of being the Gunners’ main man. Carlos Tevez won the Serie A title during his first year with Juventus and is currently top-scorer in his second season.

 

Sergio Aguero, when fit, has been one of Europe’s most prolific attackers in 2014 and Raheem Sterling enjoyed a great year with Liverpool as they finished runners-up to the Argentine’s Manchester City side.

 

Shakhtar Donetsk’s Luiz Adriano tops the Champions League goalscoring charts for 2014-15 with nine goals in the group stages, while Graziano Pelle has been able to find the net with regularity for Feyenoord and Southampton this year.

 

Asamoah Gyan enjoyed a fine World Cup with Ghana and continues to score goals for fun in Qatar, while Robbie Keane was voted MLS’ MVP for his performances with LA Galaxy.

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