{"id":43093,"date":"2022-01-07T18:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/final-three-nominees-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-and-the-best-fifa-mens-player-announced\/"},"modified":"2022-01-07T18:00:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:00:12","slug":"final-three-nominees-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-and-the-best-fifa-mens-player-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/final-three-nominees-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-and-the-best-fifa-mens-player-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Final three nominees for The Best FIFA Women&#039;s Player and The Best FIFA Men&#039;s Player announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"press-body-in\">\n                            <span><br \/>\n                                                            ZURICH, Switzerland, January 7, 2022\/APO Group\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>FIFA (www.FIFA.com) has announced the final nominees for The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player and The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player;<\/em> <em>FIFA Legends Kristine Lilly and Sami Khedira discussed the finalists during a live online event;<\/em> <em>The virtual awards ceremony will be broadcast live from the Home\u00a0of FIFA in Zurich on 17 January.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FIFA has announced the finalists for The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3eY3GiH\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/3eY3GiH<\/a>) and The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3G5VSHE\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/3G5VSHE<\/a>) awards. FIFA Legends Kristine Lilly and Sami Khedira discussed the nominees during a live-streamed announcement event and analysed their chances of winning these prestigious prizes.<\/p>\n<p>The final three nominees for <strong>The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player<\/strong> are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jennifer Hermoso (Spain \/ FC Barcelona)<\/li>\n<li>Sam Kerr (Australia \/ Chelsea FC Women)<\/li>\n<li>Alexia Putellas (Spain \/ FC Barcelona)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The final three nominees for <strong>The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player<\/strong> are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Lewandowski (Poland \/ FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen)<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Messi (Argentina \/ FC Barcelona \/ Paris Saint-Germain)<\/li>\n<li>Mohamed Salah (Egypt \/ Liverpool FC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These two awards are given to the outstanding players in women\u2019s and men\u2019s football as voted for by an international jury respectively comprising the current coaches of all women\u2019s\/men\u2019s national teams (one per team), the current captains of all women\u2019s\/men\u2019s national teams (one per team), one specialist journalist from each territory represented by a national team and fans registered on FIFA.com.<\/p>\n<p>The full voting and award process is detailed in the Rules of Allocation (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/africa-newsroom.com\/press\/countlinks\/187618\/http:%7D%7Dfifa.fans%7D3zzW1AO\/website\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/3zzW1AO<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>All the winners of The Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 2021, including the recipients of the FIFA\u00a0Fan Award (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/africa-newsroom.com\/press\/countlinks\/187618\/http:%7D%7Dfifa.fans%7D3EX4E9r\/website\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/3EX4E9r<\/a>) and the FIFA Fair Play Award (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/africa-newsroom.com\/press\/countlinks\/187618\/http:%7D%7Dfifa.fans%7D33743F9\/website\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/33743F9<\/a>), will be crowned on 17 January during a TV show broadcast live from the Home of FIFA in Zurich.<\/p>\n<p>You can view the final nominees in the other categories by following the links below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fifa.fans\/3eYg8z6\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/3eYg8z6<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Goalkeeper \/ The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fifa.fans\/3F4YXq2\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/3F4YXq2<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Coach \/ The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Coach (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fifa.fans\/3qZjgQz\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/3qZjgQz<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>FIFA Fan Award (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fifa.fans\/3zzWrHo\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/3zzWrHo<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>FIFA Fair Play Award (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/fifa.fans\/3HKz6Wh\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/3HKz6Wh<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To keep up with the latest news about The Best FIFA Football Awards, visit\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/extranets.fifa.com\/Public\/MailClickTrackingHandler.ashx?id=2065147_en&amp;name=mOCBhvApfTR9QN%2fhtf6XjQ%3d%3d&amp;target=f%2baONvpNyUd6Q4r8MEyh6dmrHTQx4dU0\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA.com<\/a>\u00a0and check out FIFA\u2019s accounts on\u00a0Facebook\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3qLOVVM\" rel=\"noopener\">bit.ly\/3qLOVVM<\/a>), YouTube\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3305tky\" rel=\"noopener\">bit.ly\/3305tky<\/a>) and Twitter\u00a0(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3HyRvFh\" rel=\"noopener\">bit.ly\/3HyRvFh<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>You can join the discussion about who should win the awards by using the hashtag\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/extranets.fifa.com\/Public\/MailClickTrackingHandler.ashx?id=2065277_en&amp;name=vNlLLNS1U4h9QN%2fhtf6XjQ%3d%3d&amp;target=f%2baONvpNyUcVY6dwIv05trj3qiC97zWknLSrUJ7%2bRTpa%2bmtmOLUISQ%3d%3d\" rel=\"noopener\">#TheBest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/final-three-nominees-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-and-the-best-fifa-mens-player-announced?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZURICH, Switzerland, January 7, 2022\/APO Group\/ &#8212; 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