FIFA BEST SHORTLIST 2018

FIFA has released the 10-man shortlist for the 2018 FIFA #TheBest award in three categories; The Best Men's Coach, The Best Female Coach, The Best Women's player and The Best Men's player.

After a group of panel across the world of football cut down the 23-man shortlist to 10 on a criteria of voting and individual performance across Europe for a calendar year.

Notable names made the list but the surprise of the year is Brazilian prodigy and ex-Barcelona man Neymar Jr. missing from the list.

FIFA Best Men

Cristiano Ronaldo (RealMadrid/Juventus/Portugal)

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City/Belgium)

Antoine Griezmann  (Atletico Madrid/France)

Eden Hazard (Chlesea/Belgium)

Harry Kane  (Tottenham/England)

Kylian Mbappe (PSG/France)

Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)

Luka Modric (Real Madrid/Croatia)

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/Egypt)

Raphael Varane (Real Madrid/France)

For a period of 3rd July 2017- 15th July 2018.

FIFA Best Women

Lucy Bronze 

Pernille Harder 

Ada Hegerberg 

Amandine Henry 

Sam Kerr 

Saki Kumagai 

Dzsenifer Marozsan 

Marta 

Megan Rapinoe 

Wendie Renard 

For the period 7 August 2017-24 May 2018

FIFA Best Men's Coach

Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus/Italy)

Stanislav Cherchesov (Russia/Russia)

Zlatko Dalic (Croatia/Croatia)

Didier Deschamps (France/France)

Pep Guardiola (Manchester City/Spain)

Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool/Germany)

Roberto Martinez (Belgium/Spain)

Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid/Argentina)

Gareth Southgate (England/England)

Ernesto Valverde (Barcelona/Spain)

Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid/France)

For the period 3 July 2017-15 July 2018

FIFA Best Women's Coach

Emma Hayes

Stephan Lerch

Mark Parsons

Reynald Pedros

Alen Stajcic

Asaka Takakura

Vadao

Jorge Vilda

Martina Voss-Tecklenburg

Sarina Wiegman 

For the period from 7 August 2017-24 May 2018

The award will hold on the 23rd September in London, the UK.

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