FIFA: Checkout Nominees for Best Men’s Player, Best Men’s Coach

FIFA has announced the nominees for its annual The Best awards, awarding — you guessed it — the best players and coaches of the year. Tottenham Hotspur, for the third year in a row, will be represented in the men’s football categories, as both Harry Kane and Mauricio Pochettino have been nominated in the player and coach categories, respectively.

Both Kane and Pochettino are being rewarded for reaching the Champions League final last month, as well as enjoying another top four finish in the Premier League. Kane is also being celebrated for the 17 goals he scored in 28 Premier League matches in the 2018-19 season.
Kane has made the ten person shortlist for the second year in a row after winning the Golden Boot with England at the 2018 World Cup, and additionally made a longer shortlist in 2017. Pochettino, meanwhile, was on the 2017 shortlist but missed out on a nomination in 2018.

🚨 Ready? 🚨#TheBest Men's Player nominees:

🇵🇹@Cristiano
🇳🇱@DeJongFrenkie21
🇳🇱 Matthijs de Ligt
🇧🇪@hazardeden10
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿@HKane
🇸🇳 Sadio Mane
🇫🇷@KMbappe
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi
🇪🇬@MoSalah
🇳🇱@VirgilvDijk

Voting NOW OPEN 👇https://t.co/nw6p9KIcc6

— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) July 31, 2019

The three finalists in all categories will be announced at a later date, and the ceremony will be on September 23 in Milan.
From the shortlist, four groups of the football community, namely journalists, fans, national team coaches and captains – each section having a weighting of 25% – will now be allowed to vote for their favourites. The voting period commences on 31 July and concludes at midnight (CET) on 19 August.
All award winners will be revealed at The Best FIFA Football Awards show in Milan on 23 September.

🚨 Meet the coaching candidates! 🚨#TheBest Men's Coach nominees:

🇩🇿 Djamel Belmadi
🇫🇷 Didier Deschamps
🇦🇷 Marcelo Gallardo
🇦🇷 Ricardo Gareca
🇪🇸@PepTeam
🇩🇪 Jurgen Klopp
🇦🇷 Mauricio Pochettino
🇵🇹 Fernando Santos
🇳🇱 Erik ten Hag
🇧🇷 Tite

Voting OPEN 👇https://t.co/NRJ9Nz40FC

— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) July 31, 2019

FIFA on Wednesday released the list of the ten nominees for the Best Men’s player

1. Cristiano Ronaldo: Juventus
2. Frenkie de Jong: Juventus
3. Matthijs de Ligt: FC Barcelona
4. Eden Hazard: Real Madrid
5. Harry Kane: Tottenham
6. Sadio Mane: Liverpool
7. Kylian Mbappe: Paris Saint Germain
8. Lionel Messi”: FC Barcelona
9. Mohammed Salah: Liverpool
10. Virgil Van Dijk: Liverpool

FIFA: BEST MEN’S COACH

Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool
Pep Guardiola: Manchester City
Mauricio Pochettino: Tottenham
Fernando Santos: Portugal
Tite: Brazil
Ricardo Gareca: Peru
Erik Ten Hag: Ajax
Marcelo Gallardo: River Plate
Didier Deschamps: France
Djamel Belmadi: Algeria

The Best FIFA Women’s Player nominees

Lucy Bronze (ENG) – Olympique Lyonnais
Julie Ertz (USA) – Chicago Red Stars
Caroline Graham Hansen (NOR) – Wolfsburg / FC Barcelona
Ada Hegerberg (NOR) – Olympique Lyonnais
Amandine Henry (FRA) – Olympique Lyonnais
Sam Kerr (AUS) – Chicago Red Stars / Perth Glory
Rose Lavelle (USA) – Washington Spirit
Vivianne Miedema (NED) – Arsenal
Alex Morgan (USA) – Orlando Pride
Megan Rapinoe (USA) – Reign FC
Wendie Renard (FRA) – Olympique Lyonnais
Ellen White (ENG) – Birmingham City / Manchester City.

The Best FIFA Women’s Coach nominees

Milena Bertolini (ITA) – Italy national team
Jill Ellis (USA) – USA national team
Peter Gerhardsson (SWE) – Sweden national team
Futoshi Ikeda (JPN) – Japan U-20 national team
Antonia Is (ESP) – Spain U-17 national team
Joe Montemurro (AUS) – Arsenal
Phil Neville (ENG) – England national team
Reynald Pedros (FRA) – Olympique Lyonnais
Paul Riley (ENG) – North Carolina Courage
Sarina Wiegman (NED) – Netherlands national team

July 31, 2019