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·6 November 2025
Fifa reveals The Best finalists, see who's up for the award 👇🏽

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·6 November 2025

FIFA announced this Thursday (6) the finalists for its award, the FIFA The Best.
The performances considered were between August 1, 2024, and August 2 of this year.
Brazil has only one nominee for the best player award: Raphinha from Barcelona. Vini Jr., the current winner, was left out.
However, there are plenty of athletes from the country for the selection of the ideal men's team.
And there is a representative for the best goalkeeper.
The winners of the individual awards are chosen by an international panel of jurors that includes: 1) current coaches of men's and women's national teams; 2) current captains of men's and women's national teams; 3) journalists from each territory represented by a national team; 4) online voting by fans via FIFA.com.

Aitana Bonmati is the current two-time champion. And she is aiming for a third.

Sandy Baltimore - Chelsea/France
Nathalie Bjorn - Chelsea/Sweden
Aitana Bonmati - Barcelona/Spain
Lucy Bronze - Chelsea/England
Mariona Caldentey - Arsenal/Spain
Temwa Chawinga - Kansas City/Malawi
Kadidiatou Diani - Lyon/France
Melchie Dumornay - Lyon/Haiti
Patri Guijarro - Barcelona/Spain
Lindsey Heaps - Lyon/United States
Lauren James - Chelsea/England
Chloe Kelly - Arsenal/England
Ewa Pajor - Barcelona/Poland
Claudia Pina - Barcelona/Spain
Alexia Putellas - Barcelona/Spain
Alessia Russo - Arsenal/England
Leah Williamson - Arsenal/England

Alisson Becker - Liverpool/Brazil
Thibaut Courtois - Real Madrid/Belgium
Gianluigi Donnarumma - PSG/Manchester City/Italy
Emiliano Martínez - Aston Villa/Argentina
Manuel Neuer - Bayern Munich/Germany
David Raya - Arsenal/Spain
Yann Sommer - Inter Milan/Switzerland
Wojciech Szczęsny - Barcelona/Poland.

Ann-Katrin Berger - Gotham FC/Germany
Cata Coll - Barcelona/Spain
Christiane Endler - Lyon/Chile
Hannah Hampton - Chelsea/England
Anna Moorhouse - Orlando Pride/England
Chiamaka Nnadozie - Paris FC/Brighton/Nigeria
Phallon Tullis-Joyce - Manchester United/United States

Javier Aguirre, Mexico
Mikel Arteta, Arsenal
Luis Enrique, PSG
Hansi Flick, Barcelona
Enzo Maresca, Chelsea
Roberto Martínez, Portugal
Arne Slot, Liverpool
Sonia Bompastor - Chelsea
Jonatan Giráldez - Lyon
Seb Hines - Orlando Pride
Renée Slegers - Arsenal
Sarina Wiegman - England
Voting open to fans will indicate the ideal team for the period in question.
And the lists with 22 athletes for each position - goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and forwards - include several Brazilians.
Highlights include the presence of Fábio and Thiago Silva (Fluminense), Weverton (Palmeiras), and the duo Luiz Henrique and Jhon. They defended Botafogo and are now at Zenit and Forest, respectively.
Alisson (Liverpool) and Raphinha (Barcelona) - already mentioned finalists -, Vini Jr. (Real Madrid), Marquinhos (PSG), Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal), and João Pedro (Brighton/Chelsea) are the others.
Messi (Inter Miami) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nassr) were selected.
See all below:




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