Portuguese also appears Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), who won it in its first two editions (2016 and 2017) since FIFA separated the Ballon d’Or award, traditionally awarded by France Football magazine.
In the field of coaches, Scaloni -Champion of the Copa América with the Argentine national team- and Diego Simeone -winner of LaLiga with Atlético de Madrid- were left in the race with five other European colleagues.
Simeone, 51 years old, had been nominated in 2017 but then was left out of the list, to which the Rosario did Mauricio Pochettino (2019) and Marcelo Bielsa (2020) but without accessing the prize.
The preselection of the candidates in each category was carried out with the collaboration of a panel of experts in men’s soccer and another in women’s soccer. In the following instance, from today until December 10, the captains and technicians of each selected member of the Member Associations, plus a group of specialized journalists and another of fans registered on FIFA.com will cast their vote to define the winners.
The three most backed by the electronic certification will make up the shortlists that will be announced by FIFA in the first days of next year.
The list of candidates for the FIFA Puskás Award (awarded to the best goal of the year) will be announced later, the highest governing body of football reported.
– The Best FIFA Player Award –
Stina Blackstenius (Sweden / BK Häcken), Aitana Bonmati (Spain / FC Barcelona), Lucy Bronze (England / Manchester City WFC), Magdalena Eriksson (Sweden / Chelsea FC Women), Caroline Graham-Hansen (Norway / FC Barcelona), Pernille Harder (Denmark / Chelsea FC Women), Jennifer Hermoso (Spain / FC Barcelona), Ji So-yun (Korea Republic / Chelsea FC Women), Sam Kerr (Australia / Chelsea FC Women), Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands / Arsenal WFC ), Ellen White (England / Manchester City WFC), Alexia Putellas (Spain / FC Barcelona) and Christine Sinclair (Canada / Portland Thorns FC).
– The Best FIFA Player Award –
LIONEL MESSI (ARGENTINA / FC BARCELONA / PARIS SAINT GERMAIN), Karim Benzema (Francia, Real Madrid CF), Kevin De Bruyne (Bélgica / Manchester City FC), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal / Juventus FC / Manchester United FC), Robert Lewandowski (Polonia / FC Bayern Múnich), Neymar (Brazil / Paris Saint -Germain), Erling Haaland (Noruega / BV. Borussia 09 Dortmund), Jorginho (Italy / Chelsea FC), N’Golo Kanté (Francia / Chelsea FC), Kylian Mbappé (Francia / Paris Saint-Germain) y Mohamed Salah (Egipto / Liverpool FC).
– The Best FIFA Women’s Soccer Coach Award –
Lluís Cortés (Spain / FC Barcelona), Peter Gerhardsson (Sweden / Sweden National Team), Emma Hayes (England / Chelsea FC Women), Beverly Priestman (England / Canada team), Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands / Netherlands team / England team).
– The Best FIFA Men’s Soccer Coach Award –
LIONEL SCALONI (ARGENTINA / ARGENTINA TEAM), DIEGO SIMEONE (ARGENTINA / ATLÉTICO DE MADRID), Antonio Conte (Italy / FC Inter Milan / Tottenham Hotspur FC), Hansi Flick (Germany / FC Bayern Munich / Germany team), Pep Guardiola (Spain / Manchester City FC), Roberto Mancini (Italy / Italy team) and Thomas Tuchel (Germany / Chelsea FC).
– The Best FIFA Goalkeeper Award –
Ann-Katrin Berger (Alemania / Chelsea FC Women), Christiane Endler (Chile / Paris Saint-Germain / Olympique Lyon), Stephanie Lynn Marie Labbé (Canada / FC Rosengård / Paris Saint-Germain), Hedvig Lindahl (Suecia / Atlético de Madrid Femenino) and Alyssa Naeher (EE.UU. / Chicago Red Stars).
– The Best FIFA Goalkeeper Award –
Alisson Becker (Brasil / Liverpool FC), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italia / AC Milan / Paris Saint-Germain), Édouard Mendy (Senegal / Chelsea FC), Manuel Neuer (Alemania / FC Bayern Múnich) y Kasper Schmeichel (Dinamarca / Leichester City FC ).
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