Football governing body Fifa, recently announced the shortlist for various categories of The  Best FIFA Football Awards 2022. Top categories include Best FIFA Women’s Player, Best FIFA Men’s Player, and Best FIFA Women’s Coach.

Other categories are:
Best FIFA Men’s Coach
The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper
The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper

Two African players and one goal keeper made the shortlist. Senegal’s Sadio Mane and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah are the two African players fetaured on the list for The Best FIFA Men’s player while Moroccan goal keeper Achraf Hakimi is shortlisted for The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper award.

Public voting for the award categories is expected to run until 23:59 CET on 3 February 2023 and is available on FIFA+ here. The footbal governing body will then announce the three finalists in each category by early February 2023.

Listed below are the nominees:

The Best FIFA Women’s Player:

• Aitana Bonmatí (Spain / FC Barcelona)
• Debinha (Brazil / North Carolina Courage)
• Jessie Fleming (Canada / Chelsea FC Women)
• Ada Hegerberg (Norway / Olympique Lyonnais)
• Sam Kerr (Australia / Chelsea FC Women)
• Beth Mead (England / Arsenal WFC)
• Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands / Arsenal WFC)
• Alex Morgan (USA / 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 WFC / FC Barcelona)
• Leah Williamson (England / Arsenal WFC)

The Best FIFA Men’s Player:

• Julián Álvarez (Argentina / Club Atlético River Plate / Manchester City FC)
• Jude Bellingham (England / BV Borussia 09 Dortmund)
• Karim Benzema (France / Real Madrid CF)
• Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium / Manchester City FC)
• Erling Haaland (Norway / BV Borussia 09 Dortmund / Manchester City FC)
• Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain FC)
• Robert Lewandowski (Poland / FC Bayern München / FC Barcelona)
• Sadio Mané (Senegal / Liverpool FC / FC Bayern München)
• Kylian Mbappé (France / Paris Saint-Germain FC )
• Lionel Messi (Argentina / Paris Saint-Germain FC)
• Luka Modrić (Croatia / Real Madrid CF)
• Neymar (Brazil / Paris Saint-Germain FC)
• Mohamed Salah (Egypt / Liverpool FC)
• Vinícius Junior (Brazil / Real Madrid CF)

The Best FIFA Women’s Coach:

• Sonia Bompastor (France / Olympique Lyonnais)
• Emma Hayes (England / Chelsea FC Women)
• Bev Priestman (England / Canadian National Team)
• Pia Sundhage (Sweden / Brazilian National Team)
• Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (Germany / German National Team)
• Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands / English National Team)

The Best FIFA Men’s Coach:

• Carlo Ancelotti (Italy / Real Madrid CF)
• Didier Deschamps (France / French National Team)
• Pep Guardiola (Spain / Manchester City FC)
• Walid Regragui (Morocco / Wydad AC / Moroccan National Team)
• Lionel Scaloni (Argentina / Argentinian National Team)

The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper:

• Ann-Katrin Berger (Germany / Chelsea FC Women)
• Mary Earps (England / Manchester United WFC)
• Christiane Endler (Chile / Olympique Lyonnais)
• Merle Frohms (Germany / Eintracht Frankfurt / VfL Wolfsburg)
• Alyssa Naeher (USA / Chicago Red Stars)
• Sandra Paños García-Villamil (Spain / FC Barcelona)

The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper:

• Álisson Becker (Brazil / Liverpool FC)
• Yassine Bounou (Morocco / Sevilla FC)
• Thibaut Courtois (Belgium / Real Madrid CF)
• Ederson (Brazil / Manchester City FC)
• Emiliano Martínez (Argentina / Aston Villa FC)