Fresh from being topped the winner of the UEFA Player of the Year award, Manchester City celebrity Erling Haaland is about to compete with Lionel Messi for an additional main accolade as The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has unveiled its shortlist for The Best Men’s Player 2023 on Thursday. The worldwide governing physique of affiliation soccer has revealed as many as 12 contenders for the coveted award within the males’s class.
Spain’s Aitana Bonmati, who received the Women’s World Cup Player of the Tournament title, is nominated for the FIFA Best Player award alongside together with her Spain teammate Jenni Hermoso. Bonmati, Mapi Leon and Hermoso are the three Spanish footballers included within the 16-player checklist for the ladies’s finest participant award. Jorge Vilda, who guided Spain to its maiden Women’s World Cup title, has been missed by the jury for one of the best ladies’s coach honour. The former Spain head coach was faraway from his submit by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) within the aftermath of the Luis Rubiales scandal.
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Women’s finest participant nominees: Aitana Bonmati (ESP), Linda Caicedo (COL), Rachel Daly (ENG), Kadidiatou Diani (FRA), Caitlin Foord (AUS), Mary Fowler (AUS), Alex Greenwood (ENG), Jenni Hermoso (ESP), Lindsey Horan (USA), Amanda Ilestedt (SWE), Lauren James (ENG), Sam Kerr (AUS), Mapi Leon (ESP), Hinata Miyazawa (JPN), Salma Paralluelo (ESP), Keira Walsh (ENG)
Men’s finest participant nominees: Julian Alvarez (ARG), Marcelo Brozovic (CRO), Kevin De Bruyne (BEL), Ilkay Gundogan (GER), Erling Haaland (NOR), Rodri (ESP), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (GEO), Kylian Mbappe (FRA), Lionel Messi (ARG), Victor Osimhen (NGR), Declan Rice (ENG), Bernardo Silva (POR)
Women’s finest coach nominees: Peter Gerhardsson (SWE), Jonatan Giraldez (ESP), Tony Gustavsson (SWE), Emma Hayes (ENG), Sarina Wiegman (NED)
Men’s finest coach nominees: Pep Guardiola (ESP), Simone Inzaghi (ITA), Ange Postecoglou (AUS), Luciano Spalletti (ITA), Xavi (ESP)
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