FIFA The Best Awards 2021

The Federation of International Football Association FIFA has announced that The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021 will take place on Monday 17^th January 2022 as a virtual event from the Home of FIFA, Zurich, Switzerland, in line with ongoing public health measures.

According to FIFA, since in most countries around the world, competitions have resumed under almost normal conditions; it is therefore important to recognize these performances through hardwork, resilience and dedication in the following categories:

    The Best FIFA Women’s Player

    The Best FIFA Men’s Player

    The Best FIFA Women’s Coach

    The Best FIFA Men’s Coach

    The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper

    The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper

    FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11

    FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World 11

    FIFA Fair Play Award

    FIFA Puskás Award (awarded for the best goal of the year)

    FIFA Fan Award

The awards reward the best in each category, regardless of championship or nationality, for their respective achievements during the season 2020/2021, which also include the Olympic Football Tournaments in Tokyo.

The show will also include other special presentations in recognition of outstanding performances.

About The Best

The Best incorporates the views of the four pillars of the footballing world. The recipients of the trophies for the top players and coaches in both women’s and men’s football will be determined through a combined voting process involving the captains and head coaches of all national teams around the world, an online ballot of fans and submissions from a select group of more than 300 media representatives as per the Rules of Allocation. 

Robert Lewandowski 2020 Winner

Past Winners:

Best Men: Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Bayern Munich)

Best Women: Lucy Bronze (England, Lyon)

Men’s Coach: Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)

Women’s Coach: Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands Women’s Team)

Men’s Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer (Germany, Bayern Munich)

Women’s Goalkeeper: Sarah Bouhaddi (France, Lyon)

Puskas Award: Son Heung-Min (S.Korea, Tottenham)

Fan Award: Marivaldo Francisco Da Silva (for team – Sport Recife)

Fair Play Award: Mattia Agnese

Voting will open on Monday 22 November and close on Friday 10 December 2021.

• Awards ceremony will be held on Monday 17 January 2022
• Voting process kicks off on Monday 22 November and ends on Friday 10 December 2021
• Awards show will be held as a virtual TV show at the Home of FIFA

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