Julián Alvarez (Machester City), Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kevin de Bruyne (Machester City), Erling Haaland (Machester City), Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Robert Lewandowki (Barcelona), Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich), Kylian Mbappé (PSG), Lionel Messi (PSG), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Neymar (PSG), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) and Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) are among the 14 nominees by FIFA for the best player of 2022.
Karim Benzema (current Bola de Oro, champion of the Spanish league and champion) and Leo Messi (world champion for Argentina at the 2022 World Cup) are among the top two candidates to receive the award Best 2022, which will be presented at a ceremony in Paris on February 27. If the French search first Bestthe Argentinian wants second after passing Van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo in 2019.
The Portuguese was off the list for the first time since the award was established in 2016. Between 2010 and 2015, the prize was awarded simultaneously with the magazine’s Golden Ball. France footballthen with the Golden Ball designation.
Alisson Becker (Liverpool), Yassine Bounou (Seville), Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Ederson (Manchester City) and Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), one of them takes home the trophy for best goalkeeper of the year.
In the female category were named: Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona), Debinha (North Carolina Courage), Jessie Fleming (Chelsea), Ada Hegerberg (Olympique Lyon), Sam Kerr (Chelsea), Beth Mead (Arsenal), Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal) , Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave), Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg), Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg), Alexia Putellas (Barcelona), Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyon), Keira Walsh (Barcelona) and Leah Williamson (Arsenal).
As for the coaches, FIFA has only awarded Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid), Didier Deschamps (France), Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), Walid Regragui (Morocco) and Lionel Scaloni (Argentina). Sonia Bompastor (Olympique Lyon), Emma Hayes (Chelsea), Bev Priestman (Canada), Pia Sundhage (Brazil), Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (Germany) and Sarina Wiegman (England) are the candidates for best coach in women’s football.
Source: DN
