Here’s the full list of nominees for FIFA’s The Best Awards 2023

FIFA has unveiled the nominee list for The Best Awards 2023. The award recognizes the best in each category for the calendar year 2022. FIFA’s The Best Awards 2023 will be held on 27th February 2023.

The voting period has begun on Thursday, 12th January. The votes are divided into four parts: 25 percent from journalists; 25 percent from captains of the World Cup teams; 25 percent from coaches; and the remaining 25 percent from the fans.

FIFA’s The Best Awards 2023

There are a total of 12 categories for the award.

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1. Best FIFA Men’s Player
2. Best FIFA Women’s Player
3. Best FIFA Player
4. Best FIFA Women’s Coach
5. Best FIFA Coach
6. Best FIFA Goalkeeper
7. Best FIFA Goalkeeper
8. FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11
9. FIFA FIFPRO World 11 Men
10. FIFA Fair Play Award
11. FIFA Puskas Award (Best Goal of the Year)
12. FIFA Fans’ Choice Award

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The Best Men’s Player

1. Julian Álvarez — River Plate/Man City and Argentina
2. Jude Bellingham — Dortmund and England
3. Karim Benzema — Real Madrid and France
4. Kevin De Bruyne — Man City and Belgium
5. Erling Haaland — Dortmund/Man City and Norway
6. Achraf Hakimi — PSG and Morocco
7. Robert Lewandowski — Bayern/Barcelona and Poland
8. Sadio Mané — Liverpool/Bayern and Senegal
9. Kylian Mbappé — PSG and France
10. Lionel Messi — PSG and Argentina
11. Luka Modrić — Real Madrid and Croatia
12. Neymar — PSG and Brazil
13. Mohamed Salah — Liverpool and Egypt
14. Vinícius Jr. — Real Madrid and Brazil

The Best Women’s Player

1. Aitana Bonmati — Barcelona and Spain
2. Debinha — NC Courage and Brazil
3. Jessie Fleming — Chelsea and Canada
4. Ada Hegerberg — Lyon and Norway
5. Sam Kerr — Chelsea and Australia
6. Beth Mead — Arsenal and England
7. Vivianne Miedema — Arsenal and Netherlands
8. Alex Morgan — San Diego Wave and USA
9. Lena Oberdorf — Wolfsburg and Germany
10. Alex Popp — Wolfsburg and Germany
11. Alexia Putellas — Barcelona and Spain
12. Wendie Renard — Lyon and France
13. Keira Walsh — Man City/Real Madrid and England
14. Leah Williamson — Arsenal and England

The Best Men’s Coach

1. Carlo Ancelotti — Real Madrid
2. Didier Deschamps — France
3. Pep Guardiola — Man City
4. Walid Regragui — Morocco
5. Lionel Scaloni — Argentina

The Best Women’s Coach

1. Sonia Bompastor — Lyon
2. Emma Hayes — Chelsea
3. Bev Priestman — Canada
4. Pia Sundhage — Brazil
5. Martina Voss-Tecklenburg — Germany
6. Sarina Wiegman — England

The Best Men’s Goalkeeper

1. Alisson — Liverpool and Brazil
2. Yassine Bounou — Sevilla and Morocco
3. Thibaut Courtois — Real Madrid and Belgium
4. Ederson — Man City and Brazil
5. Emiliano Martínez — Aston Villa and Argentina

The Best Women’s Goalkeeper

1. Christiane Endler — Lyon and Chile
2. Ann-Katrin Berger — Chelsea and Germany
3. Mary Earps — Man Utd and England
4. Merle Frohms — Wolfsburg and Germany
5. Alyssa Naeher — Chicago Red Stars and USA
6. Sandra Paños — Barcelona and Spain

Fifa Puskás Award

1. Mario Balotelli v Göztepe
2. Amandine Henry v Barcelona
3. Theo Hernandez v Atalanta
4. Alou Kuol v Iraq U23
5. Kylian Mbappé v Argentina
6. Francisco González v Rosario
7. Marcin Oleksy v Stal Rzeszow
8. Salma Paralluelo v Barcelona
9. Dimitri Payet v PAOK
10. Richarlison v Serbia
11. Alessia Russo v Sweden