{"id":52304,"date":"2023-12-14T22:18:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/finalists-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-the-best-fifa-mens-player-and-fifa-puskas-award-revealed\/"},"modified":"2023-12-14T22:18:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:18:23","slug":"finalists-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-the-best-fifa-mens-player-and-fifa-puskas-award-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/football\/finalists-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-the-best-fifa-mens-player-and-fifa-puskas-award-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalists for The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player, The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player and FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"press-body-in\">\n                            <span><br \/>\n                                                            ZURICH, Switzerland, December 14, 2023\/APO Group\/ &#8212;<br \/>\n                                                        <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>FIFA (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.FIFA.com\" rel=\"noopener\">www.FIFA.com<\/a><\/em><em>) has announced the finalists in The Best women\u2019s and men\u2019s player categories as well as for the FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award;\u00a0<em>Winners will be crowned on Monday 15 January 2024 in London, Englan;\u00a0<\/em>Alexia Putellas, Lionel Messi, and Marcin Oleksy are the current holders of the respective awards.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FIFA has announced the finalists for The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player, The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player, and the FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award for the 2023 edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>The finalists for <strong>The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player <\/strong>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3uZFTKu\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3uZFTKu<\/a>) are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aitana Bonmat\u00ed \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Spain \/ FC Barcelona)<\/li>\n<li>Linda Caicedo\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Colombia \/ Deportivo Cali Femenino \/ Real Madrid CF)<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Hermoso \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Spain \/ CF Pachuca\u00a0Femenil)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\">The award recognises women\u2019s football\u2019s outstanding performer between 1 August 2022 to 20 August 2023, the date of the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup\u2122 final.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\">A total of 16 players were initially nominated for The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player award, having been chosen by a panel of experts. From this shortlist, the three finalists have been selected by an international jury comprising: women\u2019s national team coaches, women\u2019s national team captains, football journalists, and fans who voted on FIFA\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n<p>The finalists for <strong>The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player\u00a0<\/strong>(<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3TkBnAs\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3TkBnAs<\/a>), recognising the most outstanding performers in the men\u2019s game from the period of 19 December 2022 to 20 August 2023 are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Erling Haaland\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Norway \/ Manchester City FC)<\/li>\n<li>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(France \/ Paris Saint-Germain)<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Messi\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Argentina \/ Paris Saint-Germain \/ Club Internacional de F\u00fatbol Miami)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\">A total of 12 players were initially nominated for The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player award, having been chosen by a panel of experts. As per their female counterparts, from this shortlist, the three finalists have been selected by an international jury comprising: men\u2019s national team coaches, men\u2019s national team captains, football journalists, and fans from all over the world registered on FIFA.com.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\">FIFA has also announced the three finalists for FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award. The finalists are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Julio Enciso \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Paraguay \/ Brighton &amp; Hove Albion FC)<\/li>\n<li>Guilherme Madruga\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Brazil \/ Botafogo Futebol Clube)<\/li>\n<li>Nuno Santos\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Portugal \/ Sporting CP)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\">The prize is named after legendary Hungarian striker Ferenc Pusk\u00e1s and was last won by Polish Amputee footballer Marcin Oleksy\u2019s bicycle kick.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\">A total of 11 goals were initially nominated for this edition of the FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award. From this shortlist, the three finalists have been selected by fans who voted on FIFA\u2019s official website, as well as expert panellists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\">Julio Enciso&#8217;s goal was a thunderbolt right-foot strike from 25 yards. Guilherme Madruga executed a superb overhead kick from outside the area, while Nuno Santos makes the final three for his audacious left-foot rabona.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\">The winners of each respective award will be revealed at a London ceremony on Monday 15 January 2024. Next month\u2019s ceremony will mark the third time that FIFA has held The Best FIFA Football Awards in London, after the 2017 and 2018 award ceremonies were staged in the city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\"><strong>How were The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player Award and The Best Men\u2019s Player Award finalists determined?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From the respective shortlists, each voter made their first, second and third choices for the prize.<\/li>\n<li>Points were given to nominees depending on where they were placed (five points for first, three for second and one for third).<\/li>\n<li>Nominated national team captains could not vote for themselves.<\/li>\n<li>Selections from the four voting groups \u2013 coaches, captains, journalists, and fans \u2013 each counted for 25 per cent of the total vote, irrespective of the number of voters from each group.<\/li>\n<li>The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player Award and The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player Award will be presented to the individual with the most points.<\/li>\n<li>If finalists are tied on points, the award will be bestowed on the individual who has received the most first-choice selections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left:7.5pt;\"><strong>How was the FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award finalists determined?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>From the 11-goal shortlist, each voter made their first, second and third choices for the prize.<\/li>\n<li>Points were given to nominees depending on where they were placed (five points for first, three for second and one for third).<\/li>\n<li>Selections from the two voting groups \u2013 fans and expert panellists \u2013 each counted for 50 per cent of the total vote, irrespective of the number of voters from each group.<\/li>\n<li>The FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award will be presented to the individual with the most points.<\/li>\n<li>If finalists are tied on points, the award will be bestowed on the individual who has received the most first-choice selections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The voting procedure is supervised by independent observers and detailed in the Rules of Allocation (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3ti1MUN\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/3ti1MUN<\/a>). Results will be published in full on FIFA.com following the awards ceremony on 15 January 2024.<\/p>\n<p><em>To keep up with the latest news about The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023, fans can visit FIFA.com. Fans can also join the discussion about who should win the Awards by using the hashtag <strong>#<\/strong>TheBest.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/finalists-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-the-best-fifa-mens-player-and-fifa-puskas-award-revealed?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZURICH, Switzerland, December 14, 2023\/APO Group\/ &#8212; FIFA (www.FIFA.com) has announced the finalists in The Best women\u2019s and men\u2019s player categories as well as for the FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award;\u00a0Winners will be crowned on Monday 15 January 2024 in London, Englan;\u00a0Alexia Putellas, Lionel Messi, and Marcin Oleksy are the current holders of the respective awards.\u00a0 FIFA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/1f5e72296291597\/200\/200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/1f5e72296291597\/200\/200","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52304","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=52304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}