Nominees for The Best 2022 FIFA World Player of the Year Award – Marca English

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Messi’s World Cup win has put him back into contention
FIFA has announced the 14 names in the running to win The Best 2022 World Player of the Year Award: Julian Alvarez, Jude Bellingham, Karim Benzema, Kevin de Bruyne, Erling Haaland, Achraf Hakimi, Robert Lewandowski, Sadio Mane, Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi, Luka Modric, Neymar, Mohamed Salah and Vinicius Junior.
The award recognizes the best footballer of the calendar year 2022, so both Karim Benzema (reigning Ballon d’Or, LaLiga and Champions League winner) and Leo Messi (World Cup winner and World Cup Ballon d’Or) appear to have the edge in the race.
The voting period for the February 27 ceremony begins today, Thursday January 12. The votes are divided into four parts: 25 percent from journalists; 25 percent from captains of the World Cup teams; 25 percent from coaches; and the remaining 25 percent from the fans. MARCA is, as every year, in charge of representing Spain’s vote through its director, Juan Ignacio Gallardo.
Beyond the Best Player award, the winners of a total of 11 categories will be known on 27 February:
The nominees for the FIFA Women’s Player of the Year 2022 are: Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona), Debinha (North Carolina Courage), Jessie Fleming (Chelsea), Ada Hegerberg (Olympique Lyon), Sam Kerr (Chelsea), Beth Mead (Arsenal), Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal), Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave), Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg), Alexandra Popp (Wolfsburg), Alexia Putellas (Barcelona), Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyon), Keira Walsh (Barcelona) and Leah Williamson (Arsenal).
The nominees for Best Coach of 2022 are: Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid), Didier Deschamps (France), Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), Walid Regragui (Morocco) and Lionel Scaloni (Argentina).
The nominees for Best Women’s Football Coach of 2022 are: Sonia Bompastor (Olympique Lyon), Emma Hayes (Chelsea), Bev Priestman (Canada), Pia Sundhage (Brazil), Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (Germany) and Sarina Wiegman (England).
The nominees for Best Goalkeeper 2022 are: Alisson Becker (Liverpool), Yassine Bounou (Sevilla), Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Ederson (Manchester City) and Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa).
The nominees for Best Goalkeeper 2022 are: Christine Endler (Olympique Lyon), Ann-Katrin Berger (Chelsea), Mary Earps (Manchester United), Merle Frohms (Wolfsburg), Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars) and Sandra Panos (Barcelona).
Abdullah Al Salmi (Saudi Arabia): Abdullah walked across the desert from his native Jeddah to Qatar to cheer on his national team at the FIFA World Cup.
Argentina fans: Argentinian fans travelled en masse to Qatar to give their unconditional support to their national team, who went on to win the World Cup, and millions of fans welcomed their heroes in Buenos Aires and across the country.
Japanese national team supporters: Japanese fans have gained worldwide recognition for their tradition of staying behind to clean the stands after FIFA World Cup matches.
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