The list of applicants for the honorary award includes Italians Franco Baresi, Fabio Cannavaro and Gaetano Shirea, Germans Franz Beckenbauer and Matthias Sammer, as well as Bobby Moore (England), Daniel Passarella (Argentina), Marcel Desailly (France), Ronald Koeman (Netherlands) and Sergio Ramos (Spain).

The only active player on the roster is 34-year-old Ramos, who is the captain of Real Madrid.

Earlier it was reported that Yashin was nominated by France Football for the title of the best goalkeeper in history.