FIFA has announced the finalists for The Best FIFA Women’s Player (fifa.fans/3eY3GiH) and The Best FIFA Men’s Player (fifa.fans/3G5VSHE) awards. FIFA Legends Kristine Lilly and Sami Khedira discussed the nominees during a live-streamed announcement event and analysed their chances of winning these prestigious prizes.
The final three nominees for The Best FIFA Women’s Player are (in alphabetical order):
The final three nominees for The Best FIFA Men’s Player are (in alphabetical order):
These two awards are given to the outstanding players in women’s and men’s football as voted for by an international jury respectively comprising the current coaches of all women’s/men’s national teams (one per team), the current captains of all women’s/men’s national teams (one per team), one specialist journalist from each territory represented by a national team and fans registered on FIFA.com.
The full voting and award process is detailed in the Rules of Allocation (fifa.fans/3zzW1AO).
All the winners of The Best FIFA Football Awards™ 2021, including the recipients of the FIFA Fan Award (fifa.fans/3EX4E9r) and the FIFA Fair Play Award (fifa.fans/33743F9), will be crowned on 17 January during a TV show broadcast live from the Home of FIFA in Zurich.
You can view the final nominees in the other categories by following the links below:
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