FIFA have announced the nominees for the best player award 2022 which will take place early this year, MySportDab reports.
The Nominees consist of 14 players who have done so well in the year 2022 which also saw the FIFA World Cup taking place.
Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo did not make the list despite his performance in the concluded 2021/22 season being the highest goal scorer of Manchester United.
Lionel Messi did male the list thanks to him winning the FIFA World Cup with Argentina with a masterclass performance.
There are also so shocking names who made it to the list while others were left out despite their wonderful performance for their clubs.
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FIFA Best Player Male Nominees
Paris Saint Germain have most of the nominees from their team which was mostly due to the FIFA World Cup tournament.
Erling Haaland also made the list despite not playing at the World Cup, but his performance for club was enough to help him.
- Julián Álvarez
- Jude Bellingham
- Karim Benzema
- Kevin De Bruyne
- Erling Haaland
- Achraf Hakimi
- Robert Lewandowski
- Sadio Mané
- Kylian Mbappé
- Lionel Messi
- Luka Modrić
- Neymar
- Mohamed Salah
- Vinícius Junior
FIFA Best Player Female Nominees
A lot of players could have been on this list of nominees but as always they didn’t make the list that was made available today.
Arguably we can say the names on this list are well deserving based off how they played for their respective clubs.
- Aitana Bonmatí
- Debinha
- Jessie Fleming
- Ada Hegerberg
- Sam Kerr
- Beth Mead
- Vivianne Miedema
- Alex Morgan
- Lena Oberdorf
- Alexandra Popp
- Alexia Putellas
- Wendie Renard
- Keira Walsh
- Leah Williamson
FIFA Best Coach Male Nominees
This category for the best coach will be a hard one between all the nominees who performance exceptionally so well.
It won’t be easy picking out a winner as it is looking like something that might go between Carlo Ancelotti and Lionel Scaloni.
- Carlo Ancelotti
- Didier Deschamps
- Pep Guardiola
- Walid Regragui
- Lionel Scaloni
FIFA Best Coach Female Nominees
Six names made it into the list of nominees of one possible winner which will be hard to pick from them all.
An impressive performance from all the coaches who have in one way impacted a lot in their team respectively.
- Sonia Bompastor
- Emma Hayes
- Bev Priestman
- Pia Sundhage
- Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
- Sarina Wiegman
FIFA Best Goalkeeper Male Nominees
Brazil is the only side to have both their number one and two goalkeeper making the nominees list for this award.
There is a lot of competition amongst the names with the whole thing tight between picking who take it home.
- Álisson Becker
- Yassine Bounou
- Thibaut Courtois
- Ederson
- Emiliano Martínez
FIFA Best Goalkeeper Female Nominees
- Ann-Katrin Berger
- Mary Earps
- Christiane Endler
- Merle Frohms
- Alyssa Naeher
- Sandra Paños García-Villamil
FIFA Puskas Award Nominees
- Mario Balotelli – Adana Demirspor v. Göztepe Spor Kulübü
- Amandine Henry – FC Barcelona v. Olympique Lyonnais
- Alou Kuol – Iraq U23 v. Australia U23
- Kylian Mbappé – Argentina v. France
- Francisco González Metilli – Club Atlético Central Córdoba v. Club Atlético Rosario Central
- Marcin Oleksy – Warta Poznań v. Stal Rzeszów
- Salma Paralluelo – FC Barcelona v. Villarreal CF
- Dimitri Payet – Olympique de Marseille v. PAOK Thessaloniki
- Richarlison – Brazil v. Serbia
- Alessia Russo – England v. Sweden
How To Vote
Voting is open for now until February 3, 2023 which by then it will be over as the final three man will be revealed.
To vote u can use HERE which will take you to where u can choose who you prefer to win the awards.
The FIFA Best Player Award ceremony will take place in the same February which the winners will be announced.
