FIFA announces nominees for Best of 2023 award: Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez among them

Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez nominated for FIFA’s Best Awards Best football player of the season. It must be remembered that at the beginning of 2023, the Argentina team swept all the awards after the historic award of the national team title at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Confirmed through the official website of the award, voting has begun to select the most outstanding male and female players, goalkeepers and coaches in 2023.It is worth mentioning that 12 players were nominated for their achievements From December 19, 2022, the day after the Middle East World Cup Championship, to August 20, 2023.

Voting opens on September 14 this year and can be accessed by entering this link There you can choose between Messi or Julian. The voting period is open and the international jury that makes the decision is made up of national team captains, coaches, journalists and fans from around the world. Voting closes next Friday, October 6 at midnight.

In order to highlight the selection of these two Argentine football players, FIFA determined that Messi is the winner of Paris Saint-Germain’s Ligue 1 in the 2022-23 season and was included in the ideal lineup for the event. In addition, he is also the chief assistant coach of the French division. They highlighted that he scored his 100th goal for Argentina.

As far as he is concerned, the reason for choosing Julian is that he won the 2022-23 Premier League championship with Manchester City. To this we must add the English League Cup title and the Citizens’ historic contribution in the Champions League. at last, They highlight that he is the first player to win the World Cup and European Treble in the same season..

Additionally, Argentinian football has another nominee for its best player.in category best hobby, Columbus fan from Santa Fe is one of the candidates. reason? During the match between Zaballero and the Central Professional League of Barracas, “the television camera focused on a fan holding his son and handing him a bottle of wine. This scene embodies his desire to show his son since childhood Spreading the love for the club’s colours,” they emphasize on the entity’s website.

All the nominees for FIFA’s Best of 2023 awards

Nominated for the FIFA Best Player Award

Julian Alvarez (Argentina); Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia); Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium); Ilkay Gundogan (Germany); Erling Haaland (Norway); Rodri · Hernandez Cascante (Spain); Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia); Kylian Mbappe (France); Lionel Messi (Argentina); Victor Osimhen (Nigeria); Declan Rice (England); Bernardo Silva (Portugal).

Nominated for the FIFA Best Female Player Award

Aitana Bonmati (Spain); Linda Caicedo (Colombia); Rachel Daly (England); Kadidiatou Diani (France); Caitlin Forde (Australia); Mary Fowler (Australia); Alex Greenwood (England); Jenny Hermoso (Spain); Lindsay Horan (USA); Amanda Elester (Sweden); Lauren James ( England); Sam Kerr (Australia); Mapi Leon (Spain); Hinata Miyazawa (Japan); Salma Paraluelo (Spain); Keira Walsh (England) .

Nominated for FIFA’s Best Women’s Football Coach Award

Peter Gerhardsson (Sweden); Jonatan Giraldes (Spain); Toni Gustafsson (Sweden); Emma Hayes (England); Salina Weig Mann (Netherlands).

Nominated for the FIFA Best Men’s Football Coach Award

Pep Guardiola (Spain); Simone Inzaghi (Italy); Angie Postecoglou (Australia); Luciano Spalletti (Italy); Xavi Hernand Spain (Spain).

Nominated for the FIFA Best Goalkeeper Award

Mackenzie Arnold (Australia); Ann-Catrin Berger (Germany); Catalina Cole (Spain); Mary Earps (England); Christiana Endler (Chile); Ze Kira Musovic (Sweden); Sandra Panos (Spain).

Nominated for the FIFA Best Goalkeeper Award

Yassine Bounou (Morocco); Thibaut Courtois (Belgium); Ederson (Brazil); Andre Onana (Cameroon); Marc-Andre ter Stegen ( Germany).

FIFA Fans Award Nominee

Racing Santa Fe fan (Argentina); Fran Hurdle (England); Miguel Ángel, Millonarios fan (Colombia).