The Best 2022 Awards: find out the categories, nominees and more

This Thursday, February 12, FIFA made the date of delivery of The Best 2022 award official, the nominees for best player of the year (there are 14 footballers), the categories and more. Lionel Messi He is one of the favorites to take the trophy, because he won the World Cup with the Argentine team, however, Kylian Mbappé is on his heels.

Another novelty that the final list of nominees presents is that Cristiano Ronaldo does not appear, this is due to the irregularity of the footballer at Manchester United in 2022.

The Best Award Categories

• FIFA best player
• FIFA Best Player
• FIFA Best Coach
• FIFA Best Coach
• best goalkeeper in fifa
• Best FIFA goalkeeper
• FIFA FIFPRO World 11 Women
• FIFA FIFPRO World 11 men
• FIFA Fair Play Award
• FIFA Puskás Award (for the best goal of the year)
• FIFA Fan Award

Best player nominees

• Julian Alvarez (Argentina / River Plate Athletic Club / Manchester City)
• Jude Bellingham (England / Borussia Dortmund)
• Karim Benzema (France / Real Madrid CF)
• Kevin DeBruyne (Belgium / Manchester City FC)
• Erling Haaland (Norway / Borussia Dortmund / Manchester City FC)
• Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain FC)
• Robert Lewandowski (Poland / FC Bayern Munich / FC Barcelona)
• Sadio Mane (Senegal / Liverpool FC / FC Bayern Munich)
• kylian mbappe (France / Paris Saint-Germain FC )
• Lionel Messi (Argentina / Paris Saint-Germain FC)
• Luka modric (Croatia/ Real Madrid CF)
• neymar (Brazil/ Paris Saint-Germain FC)
• Mohamed Salah (Egypt/ Liverpool FC)
• Vinicius Junior (Brazil/ Real Madrid CF)

Nominated to best player:

• Aitana Bonmati (Spain/ FC Barcelona)
• debinha (Brazil/ North Carolina Courage)
• Jessie Fleming (Canada / Chelsea FC)
• Ada Hegerberg (Norway/ Olympique Lyonnais)
• sam kerr (Australian / Chelsea FC)
• Beth Mead (England/ Arsenal)
• Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands/ Arsenal)
• Alex Morgan (United States / Orlando Pride / San Diego Wave)
• Lena Oberdorf (Germany/ VfL Wolfsburg)
• Alexandra Popp (Germany/ VfL Wolfsburg)
• Alexia Putellas (Spain/ FC Barcelona)
• Wendie Renard (France/ Olympique Lyonnais)
• Keira Walsh (England/ Manchester City/ FC Barcelona)
• leah williamson (England/ Arsenal)

Best Women’s Soccer Coach

• sonia bombastor (France/ Olympique Lyonnais)
• Emma Hayes (England/ Chelsea FC)
• Bev Priestman (England/Canada National Team)
• Pia Sundhage (Switzerland/ Brazil National Team)
• Martina Voss–Tecklenburg (Germany/ Germany National Team)
• Sarah Wiegman (Netherlands/England National Team)

Best Men’s Soccer Coach

• Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/ Real Madrid)
• Didier Deschamps (France / France National Team)
• Pep Guardiola (Spain/ Manchester City)
• Walid Regragui (Morocco / Wydad AC / Morocco National Team)
• lionel scaloni (Argentina / Argentina National Team)

best archer

• Ann Katrin Berger (Germany/ Chelsea FC )
• Mary Earps (England/Manchester United)
• Christiane Endler (Chile / Olympique Lyonnais)
• merle frohms (Germany/ Eintracht Frankfurt / VfL Wolfsburg)
• Alyssa Naher (United States/ Chicago Red Stars)
• Sandra Paños García-Villamil (Spain/ FC Barcelona)

best goalkeeper

• Alisson Becker (Brazil / Liverpool)
• Yassine Bounou (Morocco / Seville)
• Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/ Real Madrid)
• Ederson (Brazil/ Manchester City)
• Emiliano Martinez (Argentina / Aston Villa)

The Best FIFA Fan Award:

• Abdullah Al Salmi (Saudi Arabia): Abdullah traveled on foot from his home in Jeddah to Qatar to support his country’s team at the World Cup.
• The Argentine fans: Fans traveled to Qatar in impressive numbers to amazingly support their team in a victorious World Cup campaign and millions of fans greeted the champions like heroes in Buenos Aires and across their country.
• Japan fans: The Japanese earned world recognition for their tradition of staying in the stadiums after each game to clean the stands.