Argentinians Julian Alvarez (Manchester City) and Lionel Messi (PSG), Brazilians Neymar (PSG) and Vinicius (Real Madrid), Frenchmen Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) and Kylian Mbappé (PSG), Englishman Jude Bellingham (Dortmund ), Croatian Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Pole Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), Senegalese Sadio Mané (Bayern Munich), Norwegian Erling Haaland (Manchester City), Egyptian Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) and Moroccan Achraf Hakimi (PSG) are the others named.
Thibaut Courtois had already been nominated for the title of best goalkeeper, as had the Brazilian Alisson (Liverpool), the Moroccan Yassine Bounou (Sevilla), the Croatian Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb), the Frenchman Mike Maignan (AC Milan), the Argentinian Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa) and German Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich).
Robert Lewandowski and Spain’s Alexia Putellas were named player and player of the year last year.
In addition to the Player of the Year award, FIFA also awards the Puskas award for the best goal of the year, best goalkeeper, coach of the year for men’s football and coach of the year for women’s football. The team of the year is also designated.
The jury is made up of the coaches and captains of the national teams (men and women), a specialized journalist (one per national federation) as well as supporters registered on FIFA.com.