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The Finalists for the Best FIFA Football Awards were announced today, September 22 at a special media event held in London with the FIFA Legends Andriy Shevchenko, Peter Shilton, Jay Jay Okocha, Alex Scott and Roberto Di Matteo. The winners will be crowned at the London Palladium Theatre (Argyll Street) on October 23, 2017.
Shortlisted Best FIFA Football Award candidates are:
The Best FIFA Men’s Player:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid CF)
Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona)
Neymar (Brazil/FC Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain)
The Best FIFA Women’s Player:
Deyna Castellanos (Venezuela/Santa Clarita Blue Heat)
Carli Lloyd (USA/Houston Dash)
Lieke Martens (Netherlands/FC Rosengård/FC Barcelona)
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach:
Massimiliano Allegri (Italy/Juventus)
Antonio Conte (Italy/Chelsea)
Zinédine Zidane (France/Real Madrid CF)
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach:
Nils Nielsen (Denmark/Danish national team)
Gerard Precheur (France/Olympique Lyonnais)
Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands/Dutch national team)
The Best FIFA Goalkeeper:
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus)
Keylor Navas (Costa Rica/Real Madrid CF)
Manuel Neuer (Germany/FC Bayern München)
FIFA Puskás Award:
Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana/Las Palmas/23.10.2016)
Alejandro Camargo (Argentina/Universidad de Conception/04.12.2016)
Deyna Castellanos (Venezuela/Venezuela U-17 Women national team/24.10.2016)
Moussa Dembele (France/Celtic FC/05.02.2017)
Olivier Giroud (France/Arsenal/01.01.2017)
Aviles Hurtado (Colombia/Tijuana Xolos/01.04.2017)
Mario Mandzukic (Croatia/Juventus/03.06.2017)
Oscarine Masuluke (South Africa/Baroka FC/30.11.2016)
Nemanja Matic (Serbia/Chelsea/23.04.2017)
Jordi Mboula (Spain/ FC Barcelona Youth/22.02.2017)
FIFA Fan Award:
Borussia Dortmund
Celtic FC
FC Copenhagen
The voting for the FIFA Puskás Award and the FIFA Fan Award is now open on FIFA.com. The voting procedure for each of the awards is and has been supervised and monitored by the independent observer PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Switzerland.
The Best FIFA Football awards will take place at the London Palladium on October 23. The event will be streamed live on FIFA.com and FIFA’s YouTube channel.
To keep up with the latest news about The Best FIFA Football Awards see fifa.com/fifafootballawards and www.facebook.com/fifafootballawards
Join the discussion about who should win this year’s prizes by using the hashtag #TheBest
