Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe have been selected fresh from their impressive World Cup performances. on Shortlist for FIFA Men’s Annual Player of the Year, with Cristiano Ronaldo left off for the first the time world football body announced on Thursday.
nominations for Best FIFA Awards feature severely players of Argentina after they won the World Cup, with forward Julian Alvarez goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and coach Lionel Scaloni receiving nominations in their classes, in In addition to Messi.
Ronaldo, who was released by Manchester United and put on the bench against Portugal during the World Cup, won fifa award the first two times it was delivered out – in 2016 and 2017 – and was among the finalists for the next three years. However, this was it first The time he has not even been selected as a competitor by a FIFA-appointed expert panel.
the award Rebranded in 2016 after a six-year a period in Which former FIFA World player of Merge Award of the Year with Annual Golden Ball.
Ronaldo finished seventh in vote last year When robert lewandowski of Barcelona won for the second next time of Messi and Mohamed Salah, Liverpool player. 37-year old portuguese star joined Saudi club Victory last month, it seems to mark the end of his European club Professional life.
Apart from Messi and his Paris Saint-Germain teammate Mbappe, Lewandowski, Salah, Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar are among the 14 players. players Shortlist for Best FIFA Men’s Player award.
other players The nominees are Jude Bellingham, Kevin De Bruyne, Achraf Hakimi, Luka Modric and Vinicius Jr.
Karim Benzema, Real Madrid player, who won 2022 Golden Ball awardhe also on Shortlist.
Barcelona and Arsenal dominate women’s award with three playersincluding Alexia Putellas, Keira Walsh, and Aitana Bonmati, for Spanish champions. At the same time, English side Represented by Lea Williamson, Vivian Miedema, and Beth Meade.
Potellas made it to the shortlist despite missing a lot last year because of the knee ligament injury.
Chelsea duo Sam Kerr, Jesse Fleming, Olympique Lyonnais’ Ada Hegerberg, Wendy Rennard also Cuts.
Sarina Wegman, who led England to last yearEuropean Championship title, it is joined on Shortlisted for the Best FIFA Women’s Coaches by Chelsea and Germany’s Emma Hayes manager Martina Voss-Tecklenburg.
Real Madrid coach Manchester City’s Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola have been nominated for the men’s awardfor along way with Argentine Skaloni, France boss Didier Deschamps and Morocco manager Walid Al-Rakraki.
Among the candidates are Alisson Becker of Liverpool, Thibaut Courtois of Real Madrid and Martinez of Aston Villa. for The best FIFA men’s goalkeeper award.
FIFA also announced 11-player Shortlist for This year is the Puskas Award for the most beautiful” goal of the yearand with Amazing shot by Mbappe against Argentina in world Cup final among the candidates.
Puskas Award Shortlist (All Goals 2022):
Mario Balotelli (ITA): Adana Demirspor v Goztepe [Super Lig] (May 22)
Amandine Henry (France): Barcelona – Olympique Lyonnais [UEFA Women’s Champions League] (May 21)
Theo Hernandez (France): Milan – Atalanta [Serie A] (May 15)
Aloo Cole (Australia): Iraq U-23 vs Australia U-23 [AFC U23 Asian Cup] (4 June)
Kylian Mbappe (France): Argentina – France [FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022] (18 Dec)
Francisco Gonzalez Meteli (Argentina): Atletico Central Cordoba – Atletico Rosario Central. [Primera Division] (1 August)
Marcin Oleksy (Poland): Warta Poznań – Stal Rzeszow (November 6).
Selma Baralelo (Spain): Barcelona – Villarreal [Liga F] (2 April)
Dimitri Payet (France): Olympique de Marseille – PAOK Thessaloniki [UEFA Europa Conference League] (7 April)
Richarlison (Brazil): Brazil-Serbia [FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022] (November 24)
Alicia Russo (England): England – Sweden [UEFA Women’s EURO 2022] (July 26)
Among the three candidates are supporters from Argentina and Japan for fan award.
FIFA cited Argentina fans’ agitation in Qatar and the passion shown when welcoming the winner team in home Japanese praised fans for their traditions in the World Cup of stay back After, after games to clean the playing field.
Voted by national team Captains and coaches all over the world along with Selected journalists, there online vote by fans that runs until February 3rd.
The winners are announced At the party on February 27th in Paris.
