{"id":49185,"date":"2023-02-10T21:50:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T19:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/final-three-nominees-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-the-best-fifa-mens-player-and-the-fifa-puskas-award-revealed\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T21:50:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T19:50:06","slug":"final-three-nominees-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-the-best-fifa-mens-player-and-the-fifa-puskas-award-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/final-three-nominees-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-the-best-fifa-mens-player-and-the-fifa-puskas-award-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Final three nominees for The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player, The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player and The FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"press-body-in\">\n                            <span><br \/>\n                                                            ZURICH, Switzerland, February 10, 2023\/APO Group\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>FIFA (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/countlinks\/239371\/http:%7D%7Dwww.FIFA.com\/website\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.FIFA.com<\/a>)<\/em>\u00a0<em>has announced the final nominees in the women\u2019s and men\u2019s player category; Finalists for The FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award have been revealed; Final nominees for all award categories now announced and the winners will be crowned on Monday, 27 February 2023 in Paris.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FIFA has announced the finalists for both The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player and The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player awards as well as for The FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award ahead of the 2022 edition of <strong>The Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3JUVu3l\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3JUVu3l<\/a>)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The final three nominees for The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beth Mead (England \/ Arsenal WFC)<\/li>\n<li>Alex Morgan (USA \/ Orlando Pride \/ San Diego Wave)<\/li>\n<li>Alexia Putellas (Spain \/ FC Barcelona)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The final three nominees for The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Karim Benzema (France \/ Real Madrid CF)<\/li>\n<li>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 (France \/ Paris Saint-Germain FC)<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Messi (Argentina \/ Paris Saint-Germain 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. The full voting and award process is detailed in the <strong>Rules of Allocation (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3HOiPBf\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3HOiPBf<\/a>)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The final three nominees for The FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Marcin Oleksy (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3jMgoaf\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3jMgoaf<\/a>)<\/strong> (Poland): <u>Warta Pozna\u0144<\/u> v. Stal Rzesz\u00f3w [PZU Amp Futbol Ekstraklasa] (6 November 2022)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dimitri Payet (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3xccyKH\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3xccyKH<\/a><\/strong>) (France): <u>Olympique de Marseille<\/u> v. PAOK Thessaloniki FC [UEFA Europa Conference League] (7 April 2022)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Richarlison<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/40Q9f9Q\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/40Q9f9Q<\/a>)<\/strong> (Brazil): <u>Brazil<\/u> v. Serbia [FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022] (24 November 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All the winners of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 will be crowned at a special ceremony on Monday, 27 February 2023 in Paris. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To keep up with the latest news about The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022, check out\u00a0<strong>FIFA+ (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/40Gy7AN\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/40Gy7AN<\/a>)<\/strong>\u00a0and FIFA\u2019s accounts on\u00a0<strong>Facebook (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/40OVd8n\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/40OVd8n<\/a>)<\/strong>, <strong>YouTube (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3jPY3Jm\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3jPY3Jm<\/a><\/strong><strong>)<\/strong> and <strong>Twitter (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3RRCVyV\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3RRCVyV<\/a>)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can join the discussion about who should win the awards by using the hashtag <strong>#TheBest (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3DWSa45\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3DWSa45<\/a>).<\/strong><\/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-the-best-fifa-mens-player-and-the-fifa-puskas-award-revealed?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZURICH, Switzerland, February 10, 2023\/APO Group\/ &#8212; FIFA (www.FIFA.com)\u00a0has announced the final nominees in the women\u2019s and men\u2019s player category; Finalists for The FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award have been revealed; Final nominees for all award categories now announced and the winners will be crowned on Monday, 27 February 2023 in Paris. 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