FIFA announced the list of nominees for the FIFA The Best 2024 awards. Among them, Lionel Messi was nominated for the Best Footballer of the Year category. The former Barcelona and PSG player will compete for the prize, which he won in 2019, 2022 and 2023.
Naturally, the winner of the Ballon d'Or Rodri is among the nominees. Runner-up Vinicius Junior is also there, as well as the Brazilian's Real Madrid teammates Dani Carvajal, Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe. The former player of the Royal Club, Toni Kroos, who has already ended his career, also received a nomination.
Real coach Carlo Ancelotti is among the nominees for Best Coach. There are also those of Pep Guardiola (Manchester City) and Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen), as well as the national team coaches Lionel Scaloni (Argentina) and Luis de la Fuente (Spain).
For Best Men's Goalkeeper among nominees Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid) and Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain).
Voting on FIFA's website will be open until and including Tuesday 10 December.
Best Women's Footballer
Aitana Bonmati
Barbra Banda
Caroline Graham Hansen
Keira Walsh
Khadija Shaw
Lauren Hemp
Lindsay Horan
Lucy Bronze
Mallory Swanson
Mariona Caldentay
Naomi Girma
Ona Battle
Salma Paralluelo
Sophia Smith
Tabitha Chawinga
Trinity Rodman
Best Men's Footballer
Dani Carvajal
Erling Haaland
Federico Valverde
Florian Wirtz
Jude Bellingham
Kylian Mbappe
Lamine Yamal
Lionel Messi
Rodri
Toni Kroos
Vinicius Junior
Best Women's Coach
Arthur Elias
Elena Sadiku
Emma Hayes
Futoshi Ikeda
Gareth Taylor
Jonatan Giraldez
Sandrine Soubeyrand
Sonia Bompastor
Best Men's Coach
Carlo Ancelotti
Lionel Scaloni
Luis de la Fuente
Pep Guardiola
Xabi Alonso
Best Women's Goalkeeper
Alyssa Naeher
Ann-Katrin Berger
Ayaka Yamashita
Cata Coll
Mary Earps
Best Men's Goalkeeper
Andriy Lunin
David Raya
Ederson
Emiliano Martinez
Gianluigi Donnarumma
Mike Maignan
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