FIFA announced that this Tuesday all the winners of The Best awards will be announced, which recognize the best in the world of football from the last season.
The vote consists of four legs: coaches and captains of the 211 men’s and women’s teams that are members of FIFA, members of the press who cover football matches and fans who are registered on FIFA.com. Each of these four groups will have the same weight in the vote, that is, 25%.
The mother house of world football opened the voting period from Thursday, November 6 to November 28.
This is the complete list of candidates:
Neither the Argentine Lionel Messi nor the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo are among the eleven finalists for the best footballer, in a list that repeats those who were top candidates for the Ballon d’Or of France Football magazine in September: Ousmane Dembélé, Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappé.
- Ousmane Dembélé (Francia and Paris Saint-Germain)
- Achraf Hakimi (Marruecos and Paris Saint-Germain)
- Harry Kane (England and FC Bayern Munich)
- Kylian Mbappe (France and Real Madrid)
- Nuno Mendes (Portugal y Paris Saint-Germain)
- Cole Palmer (England and Chelsea)
- Pedri (Spain and Barcelona)
- Raphinha (Brazil and Barcelona)
- Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool)
- Vitinha (Portugal and Paris Saint-Germain)
- Lamine Yamal (Spain and Barcelona)
- Sandy Baltimore (France and Chelsea)
- Nathalie Bjorn (Sweden and Chelsea)
- Aitana Bonmati (Spain and Barcelona)
- Lucy Bronze (England and Chelsea)
- Mariona Caldentey (Spain and Arsenal)
- Temwa Chawinga (Malawi y Kansas City Current)
- Diani Kadidiatou (Francia and Olympique Lyon)
- Melchie Dumornay (Haití and Olympique Lyon)
- Patri Guijarro (Spain and Barcelona)
- Lindsey Heaps (United States and Olympique Lyon)
- Lauren James (England and Chelsea)
- Chloe Kelly (Inglaterra y Manchester City/Arsenal)
- Ewa Pajor (Poland and Barcelona)
- Claudia Pina (Spain and Barcelona)
- Alexia Putellas (Spain and Barcelona)
- Alessia Russo (England and Arsenal)
- Leah Williamson (England and Arsenal)
- Sonia Bompastor (Chelsea)
- Jonatan Giráldez (Washington Spirit/Olympique Lyon)
- Seb Hines (Orlando Pride)
- Renee Slegers (Arsenal)
- Sarina Wiegman (Inglaterra)
- Javier Aguirre (Mexico)
- Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
- Luis Enrique (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Hansi Flick (Barcelona)
- Enzo Maresca (Chelsea)
- Roberto Martinez (Portugal)
- Arne Slot (Liverpool)
- Ann-Katrin Berger (Alemania y Gotham FC)
- Cata Coll (Spain and Barcelona)
- Christiane Endler (Chile and Olympique Lyon)
- Hannah Hampton (England and Chelsea)
- Anna Moorhouse (England and Orlando Pride)
- Chiamaka Nandozie (Nigeria y Paris FC/Brighton & Hove Albion)
- Phallon Tullis-Joyce (United States and Manchester United)
- Alisson Becker (Brazil and Liverpool)
- Thibaut Courtois (Belgium and Real Madrid)
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy and Paris Saint-Germain/Manchester City)
- Emiliano Martínez (Argentina and Aston Villa)
- Manuel Neuer (Alemania and FC Bayern Munich)
- David Raya (Spain and Arsenal)
- Yann Sommer (Suiza and Inter Milan)
- The Maids of the Maid (Polion and Barcelona)
- Alejandro Ciganotto (Argentina)
- Manolo del Bombo -posthumous- (Spain)
- Your fans (Iraq)
The 2024 edition had Aitana Bonmatí and Vinícius Jr. as winners of the main prizes. The Spanish midfielder has won the last two The Best for the best player and also the last three Ballon d’Ors from France Football magazine, marking an astonishing dominance.
For the Brazilian it was the opportunity to remove the thorn that left him not being chosen as the best in the Ballon d’Or (Rodri, from Manchester City and the Spanish national team, won it), despite a fantastic season crowned with titles in LaLiga, the Spanish Super Cup and the Champions League. That decision (which was leaked before the ceremony in Paris), led to a general disdain by Real Madrid to the awards, preventing any important member of the club from attending.
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