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The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 are being held this evening in London with a host of City stars in the running for prestigious honours.
You can watch the eighth edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards right here on mancity.com and our official app (UK only).
The 11 awards below will be presented at the ceremony, which starts at 19:30 (UK time).
Three finalists have been selected by an international jury comprising of four groups: national team coaches, national team captains, specialist journalists, and fans who voted on FIFA’s official website. Over one million fan votes were recorded worldwide.
Erling Haaland is in the running for The Best FIFA Men’s Player, Pep Guardiola is up for The Best FIFA Men’s Coach while Ederson is aiming to be crowned The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper.
We have eight players hoping to be named in the FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World 11 – Ederson, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Kyle Walker, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland, along with our former captain Ilkay Gundogan who is a finalist thanks to his exploits in our Treble-winning campaign.
Meanwhile, classy defender Alex Greenwood is in the running for a spot in the FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11.
The period in which achievements are considered for the men’s awards is from 19 December 2022 to 20 August 2023 - so excluding the 2022 World Cup - while for women’s awards it is the period from 1 August 2022 to 20 August 2023.
THE BEST FIFA FOOTBALL AWARDS 2023
The Best FIFA Men’s Player
Finalists: ERLING HAALAND - Manchester City/Norway, Kylian Mbappe - PSG/France, Lionel Messi - PSG/Inter Miami/Argentina
The Best FIFA Women’s Player
Finalists: Aitana Bonmatí - Barcelona/Spain, Linda Caicedo - Deportivo Cali/Real Madrid/Colombia, Jenni Hermoso - Pachuca/Spain
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach
Finalists: PEP GUARDIOLA - Manchester City, Simone Inzaghi - Inter Milan, Luciano Spalletti - Napoli/Italy
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach
Finalists: Jonatan Giraldez – Barcelona, Emma Hayes – Chelsea, Sarina Wiegman - England
The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper
Finalists: Yassine Bounou - Sevilla/Al Hilal/Morocco, Thibaut Courtois - Real Madrid/Belgium, EDERSON - Manchester City/Brazil
The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper
Finalists: Mackenzie Arnold - West Ham/Australia, Cata Coll - Barcelona/Spain, Mary Earps - Manchester United/England
FIFA Puskás Award (awarded for the best goal of the year)
Finalists: Julio Enciso - for Brighton vs Manchester City, Guilherme Madruga - for Botafogo-SP vs Novorizontino, Nuno Santos - for Sporting CP vs Boavista
FIFA Fan Award
TBA
FIFA Fair Play Award
Finalists: Colon de Santa Fe fan, Fran Hurndall, Miguel Angel, Millonarios fan
FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World 11
Finalists: Goalkeepers - Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, Belgium), EDERSON (Manchester City, Brazil), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa, Argentina). Defenders – RUBEN DIAS (Manchester City, Portugal), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, Netherlands), Eder Militao (Real Madrid, Brazil), Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid, Germany), JOHN STONES (Manchester City, England), KYLE WALKER Manchester City, England). Midfielders - Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund/Real Madrid, England), KEVIN DE BRUYNE (Manchester City, Belgium), Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City/Barcelona, Germany), Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia), RODRI (Manchester City, Spain), BERNARDO SILVA (Manchester City, Portugal), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid, Uruguay). Forwards - Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/Al-Ittihad, France), ERLING HAALAND (Manchester City, Norway), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur/Bayern Munich, England), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain/Inter Miami, Argentina), Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nassr, Portugal), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid, Brazil)
FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11
Finalists: Goalkeepers - Mackenzie Arnold (West Ham United, Australia), Mary Earps (Manchester United, England), Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars, USA). Defenders - Lucy Bronze (Barcelona, England), Olga Carmona (Real Madrid, Spain), ALEX GREENWOOD (Manchester City, England), Amanda Ilestedt (Paris Saint-Germain/Arsenal, Sweden), Ashley Lawrence (Paris Saint-Germain/Chelsea, Canada), Maria Leon (Barcelona, Spain), Irene Paredes (Barcelona, Spain). Midfielders - Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona, Spain), Claudia Pina (Barcelona, Spain), Fridolina Rolfo (Barcelona, Sweden), Georgia Stanway (Bayern Munich, England), Ella Toone (Manchester United, England), Keira Walsh (Barcelona, England). Forwards - Jennifer Hermoso (Pachuca/Tigres, Spain), Lauren James (Chelsea, England), Sam Kerr (Chelsea, Australia), Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave, USA), Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona, Spain), Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg, Germany), Alessia Russo (Manchester United/Arsenal, England)
Watch the ceremony in the video player above (UK Only).
