For the upcoming FIFA The Best Awards, 14 players are shortlisted for The Best FIFA Men’s Player award including Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Erling Haaland of Manchester City. The trio is joined by the winner from the previous year, Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, and PSG’s Neymar and Achraf Hakimi. Also on the shortlist is Karim Benzema of Real Madrid and the 2022 Ballon d’Or winner.
The Spanish champions Alexia Putellas, Keira Walsh, and Aitana Bonmati are represented in the women’s award, while Leah Williamson, Vivianne Miedema, and Beth Mead are the English team’s representatives. Barca and Arsenal each have three players. Even though Putellas missed a large portion of last year due to a knee ligament injury, she still makes the shortlist. Sam Kerr and Jessie Fleming of Chelsea, Ada Hegerberg and Wendie Renard of Olympique Lyonnais, and Jessie Fleming of Chelsea all make the cut.
Who else are nominated for the FIFA The Best Awards?
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, the manager of Germany, and Sarina Wiegman, who guided England to victory at the 2017 European Championship, are also finalists for The Best FIFA Women’s Coach award.
The men’s Best Manager award is being considered by Carlo Ancelotti of Real Madrid, Pep Guardiola of Manchester City, Scaloni of Argentina, Didier Deschamps of France, and Walid Regragui of Morocco.
The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper nominees include Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid, Alisson Becker of Liverpool, and Martinez of Aston Villa. FIFA will reveal the three finalists in each category in the first week of February.
The Puskas Award, given to the “most beautiful” goal of the year, has an 11-player shortlist this year, and Mbappe’s spectacular volley against Argentina in the World Cup final is one of the contenders.
Let’s have a look at the contenders of each category of the FIFA The Best Awards
FIFA Best Women’s Player:
Aitana Bonmati (Spain/Barcelona)
Debinha (Brazil/North Carolina Courage)
Jessie Fleming (Canada/Chelsea)
Ada Hegerberg (Norway/Lyon)
Sam Kerr (Australia/Chelsea)
Beth Mead (England/Arsenal)
Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands/Arsenal)
Alex Morgan (USA/Orlando Pride/San Diego Wave)
Lena Oberdorf (Germany/Wolfsburg)
Alexandra Popp (Germany/Wolfsburg)
Alexia Putellas (Spain/Barcelona)
Wendie Renard (France/Lyon)
Keira Walsh (England/Manchester City/Barcelona)
Leah Williamson (England/Arsenal)
FIFA Best Men’s Player
Julian Alvarez (Argentina/Club Atletico River Plate/Manchester City)
Jude Bellingham (England/Borussia Dortmund)
Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid)
Kevin de Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City)
Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City)
Achraf Hakimi (Spain/Paris Saint-Germain)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich/Barcelona)
Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool/Bayern Munich)
Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris Saint-Germain)
Lionel Messi (Argentina/Paris Saint-Germain)
Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid)
Neymar (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool)
Vinicius Junior (Brazil/Real Madrid)
FIFA Best Women’s Coach
Sonia Bompastor (France/Olympique Lyonnais)
Emma Hayes (England/Chelsea FC Women)
Bev Priestman (England/Canadian national team)
Pia Sundhage (Sweden/Brazilian national team)
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (Germany/German national team)
Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands/English national team)
FIFA Best Men’s Coach
Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid)
Didier Deschamps (France/French national team)
Pep Guardiola (Spain/Manchester City)
Walid Regragui (Morocco/ Wydad AC/ Moroccan national team)
Lionel Scaloni (Argentina/ Argentinian national team)
FIFA Best Women’s Goalkeeper
Ann-Katrin Berger (Germany/Chelsea)
Mary Earps (England/Manchester United)
Christiane Endler (Chile/Olympique Lyonnais)
Merle Frohms (Germany/Eintracht Frankfurt/VfL Wolfsburg)
Alyssa Naeher (USA/Chicago Red Stars)
Sandra Panos Garcia-Villamil (Spain/Barcelona)
FIFA Best Men’s Goalkeeper
Alisson Becker (Brazil/Liverpool)
Yassine Bounou (Morocco/ Sevilla)
Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Real Madrid)
Ederson (Brazil/Manchester City)
Emiliano Martinez (Argentina/Aston Villa)
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