FIFA announces nominees for best of the year

The nominees for the FIFA Best of the Year 2022 awards have been announced. According to the FIFA statement, the most successful names of the 2021-2022 season in football will be determined through a vote with the participation of the coaches and captains of the national teams, members of the press and the public.

Voting, which began today, will end on February 3. Three finalists in each category will then be determined and the winners will be announced on February 27.

For its part, the goal by Italian footballer Mario Balotelli against Göztepe on May 22, 2022 with Adana Demirspor was among the candidates for the FIFA Puskas Award.

The nominees are the following:

BEST MEN’S SOCCER

• Julian Alvarez (Manchester City)
• Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)
• Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
• Kevin DeBruyne (Manchester City)
• Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
• Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Roberto Lewandowski (Barcelona)
• Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich)
• Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Lionel Messi (Paris Saint Germain)
• Luka Modric (Real Madrid)
• Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain)
• Mohammed Salah (Liverpool)
• Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)

best female soccer player

• Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona)
• Debinha (North Carolina Courage)
• Jessie Fleming (Chelsea)
• Ada Hegerberg (Olympian of Lyon)
• Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
• Bet Mead (Arsenal)
• Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal)
• Alex Morgan (San Diego wave)
• Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg)
• Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg)
• Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
• Wendie Renard (Lyon Olympian)
• Keira Walsh (Barcelona)
• Lea Williamson (Arsenal)

Best Men’s Soccer Coach

• Carlos Ancelotti (Real Madrid)
• Didier Deschamps (France National Team)
• Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
• Walid Regragui (Morocco National Team)
• Lionel Scaloni (Argentine National Team)

Best Women’s Soccer Coach

• Sonia Bompastor (Olympian of Lyon)
• Emma Hayes (Chelsea)
• Bev Priestman (Canada National Team)
• Pia Sundhage (Brazilian National Team)
• Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (Germany National Team)
• Sarina Wiegman (England National Team)

best male goalkeeper

• Alison Becker (Liverpool)
• Yassine Bounou (Seville)
• Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
• Ederson (Manchester City)
• Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa)

best female goalkeeper

• Ann Katrin Berger (Chelsea)
• Mary Earps (Manchester United)
• Christiane Endler (Olympian of Lyon)
• Merle Frohms (Wolfsburg)
• Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars)
• Sandra Panos Garcia-Villamil (Barcelona)

best goal

Mario Balotelli, Amandine Henry, Theo Hernandez, Alou Kuol, Kylian Mbappe, Francisco Gonzalez Metilli, Marcin Oleksy, Salma Paralluelo, Richarlison, Alessia Russo, Dimitri Payet

the best fans

Abdullah Al Salmi (Saudi Arabia), Argentina National Team, Japan National Team (AA)