Fifa reveals The Best finalists, see who's up for the award 👇🏽 | OneFootball

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.

The Best Male Finalists

The Best Female Finalists

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

Best Goalkeeper - Male

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. 

Best Goalkeeper - Female

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 

Best Coach - Male

Javier Aguirre, Mexico

Mikel Arteta, Arsenal

Luis Enrique, PSG

Hansi Flick, Barcelona

Enzo Maresca, Chelsea

Roberto Martínez, Portugal

Arne Slot, Liverpool

Coach - Female

Sonia Bompastor - Chelsea

Jonatan Giráldez - Lyon

Seb Hines - Orlando Pride

Renée Slegers - Arsenal

Sarina Wiegman - England

Ideal Men's Team with MORE Brazilians

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: 

Featured photo: FIFA 

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