The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016

The Best FIFA Football Awards 2016
Date 9 January 2017 (2017-01-09)
Location Zurich
Official website fifa.com

The Best FIFA Football Awards are to be held on 9 January 2017 in Zurich, Switzerland.[1]

The selection criteria for the (men's and women's) players of the year are: sporting performance, as well as general conduct on and off the pitch from 20 November 2015 to 22 November 2016. The selection criteria for the coaches of the year are: performance and general behaviour of their teams on and off the pitch from 20 November 2015 to 22 November 2016.

The votes will be decided by media representatives, national team coaches, and national team captains. In October 2016, it was announced that the general public would also be allowed to vote.[2] Each group will have 25% of the overall vote.

The Best FIFA Men's Player

The Football Committee will compile a shortlist of 23 male players for The Best FIFA Men's Player.[1]

The 23 candidates were announced on 4 November.[3] The final 3 were announced on 1 December 2016.[4]

Name Club(s) played for National team Rank
Final 3
Antoine Griezmann Spain Atletico Madrid  France national football team
Lionel Messi Spain FC Barcelona  Argentina national football team
Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid  Portugal national football team
Shortlist
Sergio Agüero England Manchester City  Argentina national football team
Gareth Bale Spain Real Madrid  Wales national football team
Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus  Italy national football team
Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City  Belgium national football team
Zlatan Ibrahimović  Sweden national football team
Andrés Iniesta Spain FC Barcelona  Spain national football team
N'Golo Kanté  France national football team
Toni Kroos Spain Real Madrid  Germany national football team
Robert Lewandowski Germany FC Bayern Munich  Poland national football team
Riyad Mahrez England Leicester City  Algeria national football team
Luka Modrić Spain Real Madrid  Croatia national football team
Manuel Neuer Germany FC Bayern Munich  Germany national football team
Neymar Spain FC Barcelona  Brazil national football team
Mesut Özil England Arsenal F.C.  Germany national football team
Dimitri Payet England West Ham United  France national football team
Paul Pogba  France national football team
Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid  Spain national football team
Alexis Sánchez England Arsenal F.C.  Chile national football team
Luis Suárez Spain FC Barcelona  Uruguay national football team
Jamie Vardy England Leicester City  England national football team

The Best FIFA Men's Coach

The Football Committee will compile a shortlist of 10 men's football coaches for The Best FIFA Men's Coach.[1]

The 10 candidates were announced on 2 November.[5] The finalists were announced in December 2016.[6]

Name Team(s) managed Rank
The Finalists
Italy Claudio Ranieri England Leicester City F.C.
Portugal Fernando Santos  Portugal national football team
France Zinédine Zidane Spain Real Madrid C.F.
Other candidates
Wales Chris Coleman  Wales national football team
France Didier Deschamps  France national football team
Spain Pep Guardiola
Germany Jürgen Klopp England Liverpool F.C.
Spain Luis Enrique Spain FC Barcelona
Argentina Mauricio Pochettino England Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Argentina Diego Simeone Spain Atlético Madrid

The Best FIFA Women's Player

The Committee for Women's Football and the FIFA Women's World Cup will compile a shortlist of 10 female players for The Best FIFA Women's Player.[1]

The 10 candidates were announced on 3 November.[7] The three finalists were announced on 2 December.[8]

Name Club(s) played for National team Rank
The Finalists
Melanie Behringer Germany FC Bayern Munich (women)  Germany women's national football team
Carli Lloyd United States Houston Dash  United States women's national soccer team
Marta Sweden FC Rosengård  Brazil women's national football team
Other candidates
Camille Abily France Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies)  France women's national football team
Sara Däbritz Germany FC Bayern Munich (women)  Germany women's national football team
Amandine Henry United States Portland Thorns  France women's national football team
Saki Kumagai France Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies)  Japan women's national football team
Dzsenifer Marozsán  Germany women's national football team
Lotta Schelin France Olympique Lyonnais  Sweden women's national football team
Christine Sinclair United States Portland Thorns  Canada women's national soccer team

The Best FIFA Women's Coach

The Committee for Women's Football and the FIFA Women's World Cup will compile a shortlist of 10 women's football coaches for The Best FIFA Women's Coach.[1]

The 10 candidates were announced on 1 November.[9] The three finalists were announced on 2 December 2016.[10]

Name Team(s) managed Rank
The finalists
England Jill Ellis  United States women's national soccer team
Germany Silvia Neid  Germany women's national football team
Sweden Pia Sundhage  Sweden women's national football team
Other candidates
France Philippe Bergeroo  France women's national football team
England John Herdman  Canada women's national soccer team
Netherlands Vera Pauw  South Africa women's national football team
France Gérard Prêcheur France Olympique Lyonnais (Ladies)
Brazil Vadão  Brazil women's national football team
Germany Martina Voss-Tecklenburg   Switzerland women's national football team
Germany Thomas Worle Germany FC Bayern Munich (women)

The FIFA Puskás Award 2016

For more details on this topic, see FIFA Puskás Award.

The shortlist was announced on 21 November 2016.[11] The three finalists were announced on 2 December 2016.[12]

Player Match Competition Date Rank
The finalists
Brazil MarloneCorinthians - CobresalCopa Libertadores21 April 2016
Venezuela Daniuska RodríguezVenezuela - ColombiaWomen's U-17 Sudamericano Championship14 March 2016
Malaysia Mohd Faiz Subri Pulau Pinang - PahangMalaysia Super League16 February 2016
Other candidates
Spain Mario GasparSpain - EnglandInternational friendly13 November 2015
South Africa Hlompho KekanaCameroon - South AfricaCAF Africa Cup of Nations qualifier26 March 2016
Argentina Lionel MessiUSA - ArgentinaCopa America Centenario21 June 2016
Brazil NeymarBarcelona - VillarrealLa Liga 8 November 2015
Spain Saúl ÑíguezAtletico Madrid - Bayern MunichUEFA Champions League27 April 2016
Wales Hal Robson-KanuWales - BelgiumUEFA EURO 20161 July 2016
Finland Simon SkrabbGefle - AtvidabergSwedish Allsvenskan31 October 2015

FIFA FIFPro World 11

The shortlist was announced on 1 December 2016.[13]

Name Club(s)
Goalkeepers
Chile Claudio Bravo
  • Spain FC Barcelona
  • England Manchester City
Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus
Spain David de Gea England Manchester United
Costa Rica Keylor Navas Spain Real Madrid
Germany Manuel Neuer Germany FC Bayern Munich
Defenders
Austria David Alaba Germany FC Bayern Munich
Spain Jordi Alba Spain FC Barcelona
Ivory Coast Serge Aurier France Paris Saint-Germain
Spain Héctor Bellerín England Arsenal
Germany Jérôme Boateng Germany FC Bayern Munich
Italy Leonardo Bonucci Italy Juventus
Spain Daniel Carvajal Spain Real Madrid
Italy Giorgio Chiellini Italy Juventus
Brazil Dani Alves
  • Spain FC Barcelona
  • Italy Juventus
Brazil David Luiz
  • France Paris Saint-Germain
  • England Chelsea
Uruguay Diego Godin Spain Atletico Madrid
Germany Mats Hummels
  • Germany Borussia Dortmund
  • Germany FC Bayern Munich
Germany Philipp Lahm Germany FC Bayern Munich
Brazil Marcelo Spain Real Madrid
Argentina Javier Mascherano Spain FC Barcelona
Portugal Pepe Spain Real Madrid
Spain Gerard Pique Spain FC Barcelona
Spain Sergio Ramos Spain Real Madrid
Brazil Thiago Silva France Paris Saint-Germain
France Raphael Varane Spain Real Madrid.
Midfielders
Spain Xabi Alonso Germany FC Bayern Munich
Spain Sergio Busquets Spain FC Barcelona
Belgium Kevin De Bruyne England Manchester City
Belgium Eden Hazard England Chelsea
Spain Andres Iniesta Spain FC Barcelona
France N'Golo Kante
  • England Leicester City
  • England Chelsea
Germany Toni Kroos Spain Real Madrid
Croatia Luka Modric Spain Real Madrid
Germany Mesut Ozil England Arsenal
France Dimitri Payet England West Ham United
France Paul Pogba
  • Italy Juventus
  • England Manchester United
Croatia Ivan Rakitic Spain FC Barcelona
Spain David Silva England Manchester City
Italy Marco Verratti France Paris Saint-Germain
Chile Arturo Vidal Germany FC Bayern Munich.
Forwards
Argentina Sergio Aguero England Manchester City
Wales Gareth Bale Spain Real Madrid
France Karim Benzema Spain Real Madrid
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Spain Real Madrid
Argentina Paulo Dybala Italy Juventus
France Antoine Griezmann Spain Atletico Madrid
Argentina Gonzalo Higuain
  • Italy Napoli
  • Italy Juventus
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović
  • France Paris Saint-Germain
  • England Manchester United
Poland Robert Lewandowski Germany FC Bayern Munich
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain FC Barcelona
Germany Thomas Muller Germany FC Bayern Munich
Brazil Neymar Spain FC Barcelona
Chile Alexis Sanchez England Arsenal
Uruguay Luis Suarez Spain FC Barcelona
England Jamie Vardy England Leicester City

References

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