Messi, Mbappe and Benzema fight for FIFA Men’s Player award
Paris Saint Germain duo of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema are to jostle in the final race of the FIFA Men’s Player of the Year awards.
The three names came up in the final list FIFA announced for both The Best FIFA Women’s Player and The Best FIFA Men’s Player awards as well as for The FIFA Puskás Award ahead of the 2022 edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards™.
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.
The final three nominees for The Best FIFA Women’s Player are (in alphabetical order):
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Beth Mead (England / Arsenal WFC)
Alex Morgan (USA / Orlando Pride / San Diego Wave)
Alexia Putellas (Spain / FC Barcelona)
The final three nominees for The FIFA Puskás Award are (in alphabetical order):
Marcin Oleksy (Poland): Warta Poznań v. Stal Rzeszów [PZU Amp Futbol Ekstraklasa] (6 November 2022)
Dimitri Payet (France): Olympique de Marseille v. PAOK Thessaloniki FC [UEFA Europa Conference League] (7 April 2022)
Richarlison (Brazil): Brazil v. Serbia [FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022] (24 November 2022)
All the winners of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 will be crowned at a special ceremony on Monday, 27 February 2023 in Paris.