FIFA Awards 2017: Winners to be crowned today as Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar make it to the final list
Everyone must be curious to know the winner of The Best Football Awards this year. Well, the wait is almost over as names would be announced on Saturday at the London Palladium by a jury of club and international coaches, media representatives and fans.
The winners of The Best Football Awards would be announced on Saturday at the London Palladium and would be decided by a jury of club and international coaches, media representatives and fans. Earlier, FIFA had released their shortlist for the end-of-year awards, with last year winner Ronaldo in the final list along with the likes of Lionel Messi and Neymar.
Your 3⃣ candidates for #TheBest FIFA Men's Award 2017 ????#CristianoRonaldo #LionelMessi#Neymar
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) September 22, 2017
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As far as the women players are concerned- Castellanos, Lloyd and Martens have made it to the final list. Real’s Zinedine Zidane leads the race in the the coaching award section. Here is the list of the finalists-
The Best FIFA Men's Player:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid and Portugal)
Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina)
Neymar (Barcelona/Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil)
The Best FIFA Women's Player:
Deyna Castellanos (Santa Clarita Blue Heat and Venezuela)
Carli Lloyd (Houston Dash and United States)
Lieke Martens (Rosengard/FC Barcelona and Netherlands)
The Best FIFA Men's Coach:
Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus)
Antonio Conte (Chelsea)
Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
The Best FIFA Women's Coach:
Nils Nielsen (Denmark)
Gerard Precheur (Lyon)
Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands)
The Best FIFA Goalkeeper:
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus and Italy)
Keylor Navas (Real Madrid and Costa Rica)
Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich and Germany)
FIFA Puskas Award:
Kevin-Prince Boateng (Las Palmas, 23 October 2016)
Alejandro Camargo (Universidad de Concepcion, 4 December 2016)
Deyna Castellanos (Venezuela Under-17 women 24 October 2016)
Moussa Dembele (Celtic, 5 February 2017)
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal , 1 January 2017)
Aviles Hurtado (Tijuana Xolos, 1 April 2017)
Mario Mandzukic (Juventus, 3 June 2017)
Oscarine Masuluke (Baroka FC, 30 November 2016)
Nemanja Matic (Chelsea, 23 April 2017)
Jordi Mboula (Barcelona Youth, 22 February 2017)
FIFA Fan Award:
Borussia Dortmund
Celtic
Copenhagen