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The best FIFA football awards
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The 2020 Best FIFA Football Awards ™ ceremony, held as a virtual event at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, crowned two household names, Lucy Bronze and Robert Lewandowski, as the outstanding soccer players on the women’s and men’s side respectively .
Poland and FC Bayern München forward Lewandowski was named FIFA’s Best Male Player for the first time in his career. Likewise, the defender Bronze was also awarded The Best FIFA Female Player award for the first time after completing a flawless spell with Olympique Lyonnais in style before returning to England to play for Manchester City WFC.
The current head of the Netherlands women’s national team, Sarina Wiegman, was named FIFA’s Best Female Coach for the second time in her career following her success in 2017. Meanwhile, Jürgen Klopp won the FIFA Best Men’s Coach award for the second year in a row, having led Liverpool FC to the English Premier League title for the first time, 30 years after their last success in the top flight. According to him Assignment rules (art. 12), Klopp was declared the winner after a close race with Hans-Dieter Flick (FC Bayern München), and the result was decided by a vote of the team coaches.
Manuel Neuer of Germany and FC Bayern München was chosen as the best FIFA male goalkeeper, while Sarah Bouhaddi of France and Olympique Lyonnais capped her incredible career with the award for best FIFA female goalkeeper.
Teams of the year
Thousands of footballers around the world voted for this year’s FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World11 and FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World11 teams:
Men’s FIFA FIFPRO World11:
- Goalkeeper: Alisson Becker (Liverpool FC)
- Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool FC), Alphonso Davies * (FC Bayern München), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid CF) and Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool FC)
- Midfielders: Thiago Alcântara (FC Bayern Munich / Liverpool FC), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City FC) and Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern Munich)
- Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus FC), Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) and Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
* Alphonso Davies was included as a fourth defender according to the FIFA FIFPRO World11 men’s allocation rules.
FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World11:
- Goalkeeper: Christiane Endler (Paris Saint-Germain)
- Defenders: Millie Bright (Chelsea FC Women), Lucy Bronze (Olympique Lyonnais / Manchester City WFC) and Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyonnais)
- Midfielders: Barbara Bonansea (Juventus Women), Verónica Boquete (Utah Royals / AC Milan Women) and Delphine Cascarino (Olympique Lyonnais)
- Forwards: Pernille Harder (VfL Wolfsburg / Chelsea FC Women), Tobin Heath (Portland Thorns / Manchester United WFC), Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal WFC) and Megan Rapinoe * (OL Reign)
* Megan Rapinoe was listed as fourth forward according to the FIFA FIFPRO World11 Women’s Allocation Rules.
The other awards
The Tottenham forward’s irresistible solo career was voted best goal.
With no money to pay for transportation, this fan walks for 12 hours, crossing three cities, to watch his team’s home games. The Brazilian’s story received the most votes.
During a game, Agnese, a 17-year-old girl from Ospedaletti (in the Liguria region), saw an opponent fall to the ground and lose consciousness. He did not hesitate for a moment, rushed to the player’s aid, placed him in a safe position and finally saved his life before help arrived.
The results
The winners of the Best Player, Goalkeeper and Coach awards were determined through a voting process in which four groups had the same word: soccer fans, selected media representatives, and captains and coaches from national teams from around the world.
A breakdown of the voting results is available, including the total points for each nominee. here.
Below is the full list of how the captains and coaches of national teams from around the world voted:
The voting procedure was supervised and supervised by the independent observer PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland. For more details on the voting process for each award, see the respective
Assignment rules
For winners’ reactions and inside stories from tonight’s awards show, visit FIFA.com and watch the exclusive videos.
