{"id":213032,"date":"2022-01-07T17:15:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T15:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fifa.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/final-three-nominees-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-and-the-best-fifa-mens-player-announced?lang=en"},"modified":"2022-01-07T17:15:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T15:15:44","slug":"final-three-nominees-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-and-the-best-fifa-mens-player-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/final-three-nominees-for-the-best-fifa-womens-player-and-the-best-fifa-mens-player-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Final three nominees for The Best FIFA Women&#8217;s Player and The Best FIFA Men&#8217;s Player announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/1134c8f3b9bde02\/600\/418\" alt=\"FIFA\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>FIFA (www.FIFA.com) has announced the final nominees for The Best FIFA Women&rsquo;s Player and The Best FIFA Men&rsquo;s Player;<\/em> <em>FIFA Legends Kristine Lilly and Sami Khedira discussed the finalists during a live online event;<\/em> <em>The virtual awards ceremony will be broadcast live from the Home&nbsp;of FIFA in Zurich on 17 January.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>FIFA has announced the finalists for The Best FIFA Women&rsquo;s Player (<a href=\"https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3eY3GiH\">fifa.fans\/3eY3GiH<\/a>) and The Best FIFA Men&rsquo;s Player (<a href=\"https:\/\/fifa.fans\/3G5VSHE\">fifa.fans\/3G5VSHE<\/a>) awards. FIFA Legends Kristine Lilly and Sami Khedira discussed the nominees during a live-streamed announcement event and analysed their chances of winning these prestigious prizes.<\/p>\n<p>The final three nominees for <strong>The Best FIFA Women&rsquo;s Player<\/strong> are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jennifer Hermoso (Spain \/ FC Barcelona)<\/li>\n<li>Sam Kerr (Australia \/ Chelsea FC Women)<\/li>\n<li>Alexia Putellas (Spain \/ FC Barcelona)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The final three nominees for <strong>The Best FIFA Men&rsquo;s Player<\/strong> are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Lewandowski (Poland \/ FC Bayern M&uuml;nchen)<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Messi (Argentina \/ FC Barcelona \/ Paris Saint-Germain)<\/li>\n<li>Mohamed Salah (Egypt \/ Liverpool FC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These two awards are given to the outstanding players in women&rsquo;s and men&rsquo;s football as voted for by an international jury respectively comprising the current coaches of all women&rsquo;s\/men&rsquo;s national teams (one per team), the current captains of all women&rsquo;s\/men&rsquo;s national teams (one per team), one specialist journalist from each territory represented by a national team and fans registered on FIFA.com.<\/p>\n<p>The full voting and award process is detailed in the Rules of Allocation (<a href=\"https:\/\/africa-newsroom.com\/press\/countlinks\/187618\/http:%7D%7Dfifa.fans%7D3zzW1AO\/website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/3zzW1AO<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>All the winners of The Best FIFA Football Awards&trade; 2021, including the recipients of the FIFA&nbsp;Fan Award (<a href=\"https:\/\/africa-newsroom.com\/press\/countlinks\/187618\/http:%7D%7Dfifa.fans%7D3EX4E9r\/website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/3EX4E9r<\/a>) and the FIFA Fair Play Award (<a href=\"https:\/\/africa-newsroom.com\/press\/countlinks\/187618\/http:%7D%7Dfifa.fans%7D33743F9\/website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fifa.fans\/33743F9<\/a>), will be crowned on 17 January during a TV show broadcast live from the Home of FIFA in Zurich.<\/p>\n<p>You can view the final nominees in the other categories by following the links below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FIFA Pusk&aacute;s Award (<a href=\"http:\/\/fifa.fans\/3eYg8z6\">fifa.fans\/3eYg8z6<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The Best FIFA Women&rsquo;s Goalkeeper \/ The Best FIFA Men&rsquo;s Goalkeeper (<a href=\"http:\/\/fifa.fans\/3F4YXq2\">fifa.fans\/3F4YXq2<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The Best FIFA Women&rsquo;s Coach \/ The Best FIFA Men&rsquo;s Coach (<a href=\"http:\/\/fifa.fans\/3qZjgQz\">fifa.fans\/3qZjgQz<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>FIFA Fan Award (<a href=\"http:\/\/fifa.fans\/3zzWrHo\">fifa.fans\/3zzWrHo<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>FIFA Fair Play Award (<a href=\"http:\/\/fifa.fans\/3HKz6Wh\">fifa.fans\/3HKz6Wh<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To keep up with the latest news about The Best FIFA Football Awards, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/extranets.fifa.com\/Public\/MailClickTrackingHandler.ashx?id=2065147_en&amp;name=mOCBhvApfTR9QN%2fhtf6XjQ%3d%3d&amp;target=f%2baONvpNyUd6Q4r8MEyh6dmrHTQx4dU0\">FIFA.com<\/a>&nbsp;and check out FIFA&rsquo;s accounts on&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3qLOVVM\">bit.ly\/3qLOVVM<\/a>), YouTube&nbsp;(<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3305tky\">bit.ly\/3305tky<\/a>) and Twitter&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3HyRvFh\">bit.ly\/3HyRvFh<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>You can join the discussion about who should win the awards by using the hashtag&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/extranets.fifa.com\/Public\/MailClickTrackingHandler.ashx?id=2065277_en&amp;name=vNlLLNS1U4h9QN%2fhtf6XjQ%3d%3d&amp;target=f%2baONvpNyUcVY6dwIv05trj3qiC97zWknLSrUJ7%2bRTpa%2bmtmOLUISQ%3d%3d\">#TheBest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of FIFA.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact for African media:&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:AfricanMedia@fifa.org\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AfricanMedia@fifa.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/38116cbeb47815e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/38116cbeb47815e\" alt=\"FIFA\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/38116cbeb47815e\">Download logo<\/a><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA (www.FIFA.com) has announced the final nominees for The Best FIFA Women&rsquo;s Player and The Best FIFA Men&rsquo;s Player; FIFA Legends Kristine Lilly and Sami Khedira discussed the finalists during a live online event; The virtual awards ceremony will be broadcast live from the Home&nbsp;of FIFA in Zurich on 17 January. 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