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Lionel Messi retained his title, winning the top men\u2019s player award<\/em>; Aitana\u00a0Bonmat\u00ed\u00a0was acclaimed as the best player in the women\u2019s game<\/em>; Mary Earps, Ederson, Sarina Wiegman, Pep Guardiola, Guilherme Madruga and Marta amongst other winners.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023\u2122 ceremony, held in London on Monday, 15 January, crowned Aitana\u00a0Bonmat\u00ed\u00a0and Lionel Messi as the outstanding players since the last edition, alongside recognising the outstanding performances of coaches, goalkeepers, and more across the men\u2019s and women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n The winners of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 are:<\/p>\n Lionel Messi<\/strong> has been crowned The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player 2023, retaining the title he won in 2022. Messi topped an incredibly closely contested poll, which was voted for by national team coaches and captains, as well as expert journalists and supporters across the globe.<\/p>\n With the FIFA World Cup 2022\u2122 winner and Manchester City FC and Norway international forward Erling Haaland locked together on 48 points, they were separated by the number of first-choice nominations received in votes from national team captains, as per the Rules of Allocation (article 12) (https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/48S9y79<\/a>). France striker Kylian Mbappe finished third with 35 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n Aitana Bonmat\u00ed<\/strong>\u00a0has been named The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player for the first time. The coveted award is richly deserved for this magnificent midfielder, who in 2023 inspired Spain to their maiden world title, and Barcelona to a domestic and European treble.\u00a0<\/p>\n In topping the poll, which followed the same protocol as the men\u2019s award but with women\u2019s national team coaches and captains voting,\u00a0Bonmat\u00ed\u00a0succeeded her team-mate, 2022 winner Alexia Putellas, fending off competition from fellow finalists Linda Caicedo and Jennifer Hermoso.<\/p>\n Mary Earps<\/strong> has been voted The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Goalkeeper for a second successive year, becoming the first two-time winner in the award\u2019s history.<\/p>\n Earps dazzled once again as the Lionesses won the Finalissima, and reached their first-ever FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup\u2122 final. Outstanding saves and shootout heroics paved the way to both of those achievements, with Earps\u2019 displays at the latter tournament rewarded with the adidas Golden Glove award. She was also named the best \u2018keeper in England\u2019s WSL, having racked up a remarkable 14 clean sheets from just 22 Manchester United appearances last season.<\/p>\n Ederson<\/strong> has been named as The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper of 2023. The Brazilian shot-stopper was awarded the honour following a stellar year in which the 30-year-old backstopped Manchester City\u2019s historic treble-winning campaign.<\/p>\n Ederson topped the poll with 23 points, ahead of fellow finalists Thibaut Courtois (20 points) and Yassine Bounou (16 points).<\/p>\n Sarina Wiegman<\/strong> has been named The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Coach for 2023. The England boss enjoyed a record-breaking year in which she led the Lionesses to the final of the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup\u2122, and the Arnold Clark Cup and Women\u2019s Finalissima titles.<\/p>\n Wiegman beat Emma Hayes and Jonatan Giraldez to the honour at The Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 on Monday with 28 points, ahead of Hayes’ 18 points, and Giraldez’s return of 14 points.<\/p>\n Pep Guardiola<\/strong> has been named The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Coach 2023 after overseeing an incredible period of success at Manchester City. The Spaniard led the club to a historic Premier League, UEFA Champions League, and FA Cup treble in 2022\/23.<\/p>\n Guardiola\u2019s all-conquering team won a further two trophies in 2023, lifting the UEFA Super Cup before rounding off the calendar year in perfect style by triumphing at the FIFA Club World Cup\u2122.<\/p>\n Guardiola came out on top in the voting with 28 points, ahead of Italian duo Luciano Spalletti (18 points) and Simone Inzaghi (11 points).<\/p>\n The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony also recognised the standout goal of the year as Brazilian midfielder Guilherme Madruga<\/strong> won the FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award 2023 for his astonishing overhead kick.<\/p>\n The Botafogo-SP star’s acrobatic effort came out on top ahead of an audacious rabona from Sporting’s Nuno Santos, and Brighton teenager Julio Enciso\u2019s long-range thunderbolt.<\/p>\n The accolade recognises the most spectacular goal in men\u2019s and women\u2019s football across the qualification period, which was between 19 December 2022 and 20 August 2023, and is named in honour of legendary Hungarian forward Ferenc Pusk\u00e1s.<\/p>\n Marta<\/strong> was honoured with The FIFA Special Award in recognition of her illustrious\u00a0career. She scored a staggering 115 goals in 175 appearances for Brazil and inspired millions, passing on her passion for football in a career that saw her reign supreme in Brazil, Sweden and the USA.<\/p>\n As of 2025, FIFA will introduce a new award to honour her legendary achievements – the best goal scored in women\u2019s football will receive the \u2018Marta Award\u2019.<\/p>\n Hugo Daniel \u201cToto\u201d Iniguez<\/strong> was awarded The FIFA Fan Award for 2023, after the dedicated Colon de Santa Fe fan went viral after he was seen feeding his son during an Argentine Primera Division game against Barracas Central in May 2023.<\/p>\n The heart-warming scene displayed the father\u2019s desire to build a relationship between his two-month-old\u00a0son and his favourite club from the earliest possible age, with the moment now cemented in history.<\/p>\n The Brazil men\u2019s national team<\/strong> were recognised with the FIFA Fair Play award for their powerful stand against racism. In a friendly against Guinea in June 2023, The Sele\u00e7\u00e3o swapped their traditional yellow jerseys for an all-black kit in a show of solidarity with star forward Vinicius Junior, who had been subjected to sickening racist abuse while in action for Real Madrid.<\/p>\n The Best FIFA Football awards\u2122 2023 ceremony concluded a thorough and democratic process facilitated by FIFA to recognise world football\u2019s top players, coaches, goalkeepers, fans, goals, and acts of fair play.<\/em><\/p>\n To learn more about the award periods, how the shortlists were drawn up, who featured on the expert panels, who was eligible to vote, and how the votes were calculated, <\/em>click here<\/em><\/strong> (https:\/\/apo-opa.co\/41ZS2vt<\/a>). <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n