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Lewandowksi is the favorite to win the award after a stellar year for Bayern Munich that included winning the Champions League, as well as the Bundesliga and the German Cup.
Ronaldo finished the 2019-20 season with 37 goals in all competitions as he helped Juventus win the Serie A title, and already has 12 in the new campaign.
Messi remains a player of exceptional gifts, but he has endured a difficult year. He finished the 2019-20 season with 31 goals and was La Liga’s top scorer, but it was a disappointing campaign in which Barcelona fell short in the league, the Champions League and the Copa del Rey. Messi asked to leave the club in the summer, but his request was rejected, and he remains at Camp Nou in what has already turned into a challenging season with new coach Ronald Koeman.
Manchester City’s Lucy Bronze is poised for the women’s award, having won the Champions League with former club Olympique Lyonnais. She faces former Lyon teammates Wendie Renard and Chelsea’s Pernille Harder.
Harder’s coach Emma Hayes has been shortlisted for the women’s coach award, while Leeds coach Marcelo Bielsa and Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp are nominated for the men’s coach, along with Bayern Munich’s Hansi Flick.
Klopp’s number one goalkeeper, Alisson Becker, is among the candidates for the men’s goalkeeper award against Bayern’s Manuel Never and Atlético de Madrid’s Jan Oblak.
Tottenham’s Son Heung-min is on the list for the Fifa Puskas award, which goes to the best goal of the year, after his riveting dribble through Burnley last season.
The shortlisted candidates for The Best Fifa Football Award 2020 are (in alphabetical order):
Best FIFA female player:
Lucy Bronze (England / Olympique Lyonnais / Manchester City WFC)
Pernille Harder (Denmark / VfL Wolfsburg / Chelsea FC Women)
Wendie Renard (France / Olympique Lyonnais)
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Lucy Bronze’s best moments from her first spell at Manchester City
The best male player in FIFA:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal / Juventus FC)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland / FC Bayern Munich)
Lionel Messi (Argentina / FC Barcelona)
The best female goalkeeper in FIFA:
Sarah Bouhaddi (France / Olympique Lyonnais)
Christiane Endler (Chile / Paris Saint-Germain)
Alyssa Naeher (United States / Chicago Red Stars)
The best male goalkeeper in FIFA:
Alisson Becker (Brazil / Liverpool FC)
Manuel Neuer (Germany / FC Bayern Munich)
Jan Oblak (Slovenia / Atlético de Madrid)
The best female coach in FIFA:
Emma Hayes (England / Chelsea FC Women)
Jean-Luc Vasseur (France / Olympique Lyonnais)
Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands / Dutch national team)
Best FIFA Men’s Coach:
Marcelo Bielsa (Argentina / Leeds United FC)
Hans-Dieter Flick (Germany / FC Bayern Munich)
Jürgen Klopp (Germany / Liverpool FC)
Giorgian De Arrascaeta (URU) – Ceará SC v. CR Flamengo [Brasileirão – Brazil] (August 25, 2019)
Son Heung-min (KOR) – Tottenham Hotspur FC v. Burnley FC [Premier League – England] (December 7, 2019)
Luis Suárez (URU) – FC Barcelona v. RCD Mallorca [LaLiga] – Spain](December 7, 2019)
All winners, including the Fifa Fan Award and the Fifa Fair Play Award, will be crowned on December 17, 2020 on a live broadcast television program.
