The Best FIFA Award 2023: The complete list of winners

On Monday night, the Salle Pleyel in Paris hosted the presentation of The Best FIFA Football Awards. Below is the complete list of winners.

The Best FIFA Men’s Player

The following football players were nominated for The Best FIFA Men's Player award for their achievements between August 8, 2021, and December 18, 2022: Karim Benzema from Real Madrid and France, Kylian Mbappé from Paris Saint-Germain and France, and Lionel Messi from Paris Saint-Germain and Argentina.

Winner: Leo Messi (PSG/Argentina)

The Best FIFA Men’s Player

The Best FIFA Women’s Player

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Beth Mead of Arsenal and England, Alex Morgan of Orlando Pride/San Diego Wave and the US Women's National Team, and Alexia Putellas of Barcelona and Spain were nominated for The Best FIFA Women's Player award, in recognition of their achievements between August 7, 2021, and July 31, 2022.

Winner: Alexia Putellas (Barcelona/Spain)

The Best FIFA Women’s Player

The Best FIFA Men’s Coach

The Best FIFA Men's Coach award nominees were Carlo Ancelotti from Real Madrid, Pep Guardiola from Manchester City, and Lionel Scaloni from Argentina.

Winner: Lionel Scaloni

The Best FIFA Men’s Coach

The Best FIFA Women’s Coach

The nominees for The Best FIFA Women's Coach award were Sonia Bompastor from Lyon, Pia Sundhage from Brazil, and Sarina Wiegman from England.

Winner:Sarina Wiegman (England)

The Best FIFA Women’s Coach

The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper

Yassine Bounou from Sevilla and Morocco, Thibaut Courtois from Real Madrid and Belgium, and Emiliano Martnez from Aston Villa and Argentina were the nominees for The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper award.

Winner: Emiliano Martinez

The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper

The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper

The nominees for The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper award were Ann-Katrin Berger from Chelsea and Germany, Mary Earps from Manchester United and England, and Christiane Endler from Lyon and Chile.

Winner: Mary Earps (Man United/England)

The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper

The FIFA Puskás Award

• The nominees for The FIFA Puskás Award were Marcin Oleksy from Poland for his performance in the match between Warts Poznań and Stal Rzeszów on November 6, 2022.
• Dimitri Payet from France for his performance in the match between Olympique de Marseille and PAOK Thessaloniki on April 7, 2022.
• Richarlison from Brazil for his performance in the match between Brazil and Serbia in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on November 24, 2022.

Winner: Marcin Oleksy

The FIFA Puskás Award

The Best FIFA Fan Award

• The nominees for The Best FIFA Fan Award were Abdullah Al Salmi from Saudi Arabia, who walked from Jeddah to Qatar to support his national team at the FIFA World Cup.
• Argentinian National Team fans who traveled to Qatar in large numbers to support their team during the tournament, and millions of fans welcomed their heroes back home to Buenos Aires and across the country after the victory.
• Japanese National Team fans who were recognized worldwide for their tradition of staying behind to clean the stadium after World Cup games.

Winner: Argentina National Team fans (Argentina)

The Best FIFA Fan Award

The FIFA Fair Play Award

In February 2022, during a match in the Austrian Bundesliga, Wolfsberger defender Luka Lochoshvili became a hero when his quick thinking helped save the life of Austria Wien star Georg Teigl. Teigl fell to the ground after a collision with Nikolas Veratschnig's knee, and Lochoshvili, along with his teammate Christopher Wernitznig, prevented Teigl from swallowing his tongue. As a result, Lochoshvili has been awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award for his heroic actions.

The FIFA Fair Play Award

Who votes in The Best FIFA Football Awards?

The Best FIFA Football Awards are voted on by media representatives, national team coaches, national team captains, and the general public. All of these groups are given the opportunity to vote in each category of the awards, which narrows the list of nominees down to three finalists. The general public had until February 3rd to cast their votes.

How did the voting work?

The 2022 FIFA FIFPRO World 11 was determined by professional football players from around the globe. FIFPRO and associated player unions provided exclusive links that allowed players to access a digital voting platform.

Footballers selected three players whom they believed were the most exceptional in each of the following positions: goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, and forward.
The goalkeeper, three defenders, three midfielders, and three forwards with the most votes in their respective positions made it into the World 11. The 11th spot was given to the outfield player with the next highest number of votes.

Players had the freedom to select any of their peers. While the voting tool contained a suggested list, players were permitted to add other names that were not mentioned on the list.

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