The public voting process for the 2023 FIFA Awards has concluded
The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) announced today, Wednesday, October 11, the end of the voting process by fans in all categories for the Best in the World Awards for the year 2023, which witnessed the participation of more than a million separate votes for all the nominees.
The fans voted with their choices for the best male and female player, the best men’s coach, the best women’s coach, the best goalkeeper, and the best female goalkeeper, in addition to the FIFA Puskas Award and the Fans’ Award.
Last September 14, FIFA revealed the lists of nominees for the Best in the World Awards for the year 2023, as follows:
List of nominees for the Best Player Award:
The list included Aitana Bonmatti, winner of the Golden Ball in the Women’s World Cup, in addition to 4 players from England and 3 players from the Australian national team, noting that the list included 16 players as follows:
Aitana Bonmatti (Barcelona, Spain)
Colombian Linda Caicedo (Real Madrid, Spain)
English Rachel Daly (Aston Villa, England)
Frenchman Kadidiato Diani (Paris Saint-Germain)
Australian Caitlin Ford (Arsenal WFC)
Australian Mary Fowler (Manchester City WFC)
English Alex Greenwood (Manchester City WFC)
Spanish Jennifer Hermoso (CF Pachuca Femenil)
American Lindsay Horan (Olympique Lyonnais)
Swedish Amanda Ellstedt (Paris Saint-Germain)
English Lauren James (Chelsea)
Australian Sam Kerr (Chelsea)
Spanish Maby Leon (Barcelona)
Japanese Hinata Miyazawa (Minafi Sendai)
Spanish Salma Baralloelo (Barcelona)
English Keira Walsh (Barcelona)
List of nominees for the Best Player Award
Argentine Julian Alvarez (Manchester City)
Croatian Marcelo Brozovic (Saudi Al-Nassr)
Belgian Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
German Ilkay Gundogan (Barcelona)
Norwegian Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Spaniard Rodri (Manchester City)
Georgian Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Naples)
Frenchman Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
Argentine Lionel Messi (Inter Miami)
Nigerian Victor Osimhen (Napoli)
England’s Declan Rice (Arsenal)
Portuguese Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).
Candidates for the Best Coach in the World Award
Spanish Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Italian Simone Inzaghi (Inter Milan)
Australian Ange Postecoglou (Celtic)
Italian Luciano Spalletti (Napoli/Italy national team)
Spanish Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona)
List of nominees for the Best Women’s Football Coach Award
Sweden national team coach Peter Gerhardsson
Spaniard Jonathan Geraldez (Barcelona)
Swedish Tony Gustafsson (Australia)
English Emma Hayes (Chelsea)
Dutch Sarina Wegman (England).
Candidates for the Best Goalkeeper Award
Mary Earps, winner of the Golden Glove Award in the Women’s World Cup
Australian Mackenzie Arnold (West Ham)
German Anne-Kathrin Berger (Chelsea)
Spanish Catalina Cole (Barcelona)
English Mary Earps (Manchester United)
Chilean Christian Endler (Olympique Lyonnais)
Swedish Zisira Mosovic (Chelsea)
Spanish Sandra Banos Garcia-Fiame (Barcelona).
Candidates for the best goalkeeper in the world award
Moroccan Yacine Bounou (Seville)
Belgian Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)
Brazilian Ederson (Liverpool)
Cameroonian Andre Onana (Manchester United)
German Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona).
List of nominees for the Best Fan Award
Kowloon Athletic Club fan
Fran Herndal
Miguel Angel
A fan of Millonarios