{"id":42973,"date":"2021-11-24T23:30:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T21:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/nominees-for-the-best-fifa-football-awardstm-2021-revealed\/"},"modified":"2021-11-24T23:30:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T21:30:06","slug":"nominees-for-the-best-fifa-football-awardstm-2021-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/nominees-for-the-best-fifa-football-awardstm-2021-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominees for The Best FIFA Football Awards(TM) 2021 revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"press-body-in\">\n                            <span><br \/>\n                                                            ZURICH, Switzerland, November 23, 2021\/APO Group\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Shortlists for players\u2019, goalkeepers\u2019 and coaches\u2019 prizes announced; public voting via <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/extranets.fifa.com\/Public\/MailClickTrackingHandler.ashx?id=2043574_en&amp;name=mOCBhvApfTR9QN%2fhtf6XjQ%3d%3d&amp;target=f%2baONvpNyUd6Q4r8MEyh6XsXjnA0WZZL%2f4CpyHNEzuOcOQD3Mqpm7WMQqZ3e7nAlTO49pRdCB82JTwDC4omxDg%3d%3d\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FIFA.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3xdZ943): votes can be cast until 10 December 2021; the Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 2021 show to take place on 17 January 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FIFA has revealed the candidates shortlisted for The\u00a0Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 2021, the winners of which will be revealed at an online ceremony on 17 January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Two expert panels \u2013 one for women\u2019s football\u00a0(https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3CACHTK) and one for men\u2019s football\u00a0(https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3qY03R9) \u2013 selected the candidates for each category.<\/p>\n<p>The nominees are listed below in alphabetical order:<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player: *<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stina Blackstenius (Sweden \/ BK H\u00e4cken)<\/li>\n<li>Aitana Bonmati (Spain \/ FC Barcelona)<\/li>\n<li>Lucy Bronze (England \/ Manchester City WFC)<\/li>\n<li>Magdalena Eriksson (Sweden \/ Chelsea FC Women)<\/li>\n<li>Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway \/ FC Barcelona)<\/li>\n<li>Pernille Harder (Denmark \/ Chelsea FC Women)<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Hermoso (Spain \/ FC Barcelona)<\/li>\n<li>Ji So-yun (Korea Repuiblic \/ Chelsea FC Women)<\/li>\n<li>Sam Kerr (Australia \/ Chelsea FC Women)<\/li>\n<li>Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands \/ Arsenal WFC)<\/li>\n<li>Ellen White (England \/ Manchester City WFC)<\/li>\n<li>Alexia Putellas (Spain \/ FC Barcelona)<\/li>\n<li>Christine Sinclair (Canada \/ Portland Thorns FC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Karim Benzema (France \/ Real Madrid CF)<\/li>\n<li>Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium \/ Manchester City FC)<\/li>\n<li>Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal \/ Juventus FC \/ Manchester United FC)<\/li>\n<li>Robert Lewandowski (Poland \/ FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen)<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Messi (Argentina \/ FC Barcelona \/ Paris Saint-Germain)<\/li>\n<li>Neymar (Brazil \/ Paris Saint-Germain)<\/li>\n<li>Erling Haaland (Norway \/ BV Borussia 09 Dortmund)<\/li>\n<li>Jorginho (Italy \/ Chelsea FC)<\/li>\n<li>N\u2019Golo Kant\u00e9 (France \/ Chelsea FC)<\/li>\n<li>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 (France \/ Paris Saint-Germain)<\/li>\n<li>Mohamed Salah (Egypt \/ Liverpool FC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Coach:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Llu\u00eds Cort\u00e9s (Spain \/ FC Barcelona)<\/li>\n<li>Peter Gerhardsson (Sweden \/ Swedish national team)<\/li>\n<li>Emma Hayes (England \/ Chelsea FC Women)<\/li>\n<li>Beverly Priestman (England \/ Canadian national team)<\/li>\n<li>Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands \/ Dutch national team \/ English national team)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Coach: *<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Antonio Conte (Italy \/ FC Internazionale Milano \/ Tottenham Hotspur FC)<\/li>\n<li>Hansi Flick (Germany \/ FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen \/ German national team)<\/li>\n<li>Pep Guardiola (Spain \/ Manchester City FC)<\/li>\n<li>Roberto Mancini (Italy \/ Italian national team)<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Sebasti\u00e1n Scaloni (Argentina \/ Argentinian national team)<\/li>\n<li>Diego Simeone (Argentina \/ Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid)<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Tuchel (Germany \/ Chelsea FC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Goalkeeper:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ann-Katrin Berger (Germany \/ Chelsea FC Women)<\/li>\n<li>Christiane Endler (Chile \/ Paris Saint-Germain \/ Olympique Lyonnais)<\/li>\n<li>Stephanie Lynn Marie Labb\u00e9 (Canada \/ FC Roseng\u00e5rd \/ Paris Saint-Germain)<\/li>\n<li>Hedvig Lindahl (Sweden \/ Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid Femenino)<\/li>\n<li>Alyssa Naeher (USA \/ Chicago Red Stars)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alisson Becker (Brazil \/ Liverpool FC)<\/li>\n<li>Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy \/ AC Milan \/ Paris Saint-Germain)<\/li>\n<li>\u00c9douard Mendy (Senegal \/ Chelsea FC)<\/li>\n<li>Manuel Neuer (Germany \/ FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen)<\/li>\n<li>Kasper Schmeichel (Denmark \/ Leicester City FC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0* <em>These shortlists contain more candidates, in accordance with article 5 of the Rules of \u00a0Allocation\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3HHlT13\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3HHlT13<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: the shortlist with the nominees for the FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award (awarded for the best goal) will be announced at a later stage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Voting open now!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Public voting is open on FIFA.com (https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3xdZ943)<em>\u00a0<\/em>and will run until 23:59 CET on 10 December 2021.<\/p>\n<p>FIFA will announce the three finalists in each of the seven categories listed above in early January\u00a02022.<\/p>\n<p>The full voting and award process is detailed in the Rules of Allocation\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3HHlT13\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3HHlT13<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>To keep up with the latest news about The Best, check out FIFA.com (https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3xdZ943)<em>\u00a0<\/em>and FIFA\u2019s accounts on\u00a0Facebook\u00a0(https:\/\/bit.ly\/30L7VKE), YouTube\u00a0(https:\/\/bit.ly\/3xdHucL) and Twitter\u00a0(https:\/\/bit.ly\/3HHdYkv).<\/p>\n<p>You can join the discussion about who should win the awards by using the hashtag <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/extranets.fifa.com\/Public\/MailClickTrackingHandler.ashx?id=2043574_en&amp;name=vNlLLNS1U4h9QN%2fhtf6XjQ%3d%3d&amp;target=f%2baONvpNyUcHSB6Nh%2fQAzr%2frjwtppr36OYugf0L70mtVGB194RV2twiqkV4Oo59u0vcksRSaBU%2bnqWumCGRFH%2fndX2E2vMhuu7CgWbX1X%2f6C68nZGyfYeK67mNzEPZdHeZctZxbqS98jHktaqE%2bcjvdeffJ8D%2bBzc7YOCLTIi602vCNMrv6F1UQ8huOU9xmd%2fP%2fNIfK%2fCXfUV%2fp8AIendNCHJX5bmNVFZixrM54ta68YKl6%2bVopY3GRyOwcN%2bpQzU19qixdj6tt1ho0DJ%2bd8P3UoiBT2%2fViqar8%2bFSCUDPhHdywfcdS6jgC9Sx4uniUAR8DPS%2bQx0p%2fofwvEqf%2fC9gku3CksY6q5fZI3Z7gDssD1L1EPQVgW5Q%3d%3d\" rel=\"noopener\">#TheBest<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/nominees-for-the-best-fifa-football-awardstm-2021-revealed?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZURICH, Switzerland, November 23, 2021\/APO Group\/ &#8212; Shortlists for players\u2019, goalkeepers\u2019 and coaches\u2019 prizes announced; public voting via FIFA.com\u00a0(https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3xdZ943): votes can be cast until 10 December 2021; the Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 2021 show to take place on 17 January 2022. FIFA has revealed the candidates shortlisted for The\u00a0Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 2021, the winners [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}