The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) released a list of the world’s most popular footballers. The voting to run from October 15 to November 30 will determine the most famous player of 2012.

Armenia and Shakhtar Donetsk FC midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan currently tops the IFFHS list of the most famed European footballers with 50310 points, having left behind Iker Casillas , Javi, Andrés Iniesta, Andrea Pirlo and others.