Three contenders for the FIFA Footballer of the Year award have been named

The trio also led the voting for the Ballon d’Or, which Messi won. The Ballon d’Or was awarded for the best performance in the previous season, not the calendar year.

On the other hand, two Spanish footballers, World Cup winners Aitana Bonmati and Henni Hermoso, as well as Colombian Linda Caicedo, are competing for the best player of the year award.

Holland helped Manchester City win three major tournaments this year – the English Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. Messi and Mbappe with Paris Saint-Germain became French champions, and the Argentine also won the MLS League Cup with Miami Inter.

In addition to the world championship title, Bonmati also won the UEFA Women’s Champions League with the “Barcelona” team. On the other hand, Caicedo became the best young footballer of 2023 in the ranks of “Real” Madrid, receiving the “Golden Girl” award.

The award winners will be announced on January 15 in London.

Since 1956, “France Football” presented the best European football player award, or “Ballon d’Or”, after the vote of the continent’s journalists, but since the winner of this award was often identical to the winner of the world’s best football player poll created by FIFA, in 2010, after that time, FIFA they were united at the initiative of President Sepp Blatter. FIFA’s best player was determined by a vote of national team captains, head coaches and journalists, and the Ballon d’Or took over this format from then on.

As FIFA terminated the contract with “France Football”, from 2017 the best footballer in Europe and the best footballer in the world are again determined in separate polls.

2023-12-14 17:23:12
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