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Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski are the three finalists for the FIFA The Best 2020 award.
The winner of The Best award will be announced on Thursday, December 17, on a virtual television broadcast from Zurich.
As such, those who failed to make the top three include Neymar, Sergio Ramos, Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Thiago Alcantara, Kevin De Bruyne, Sadio Mane and Kylian Mbappé.
This will be the fifth edition of the awards, which thus far has featured three different award winners.
Cristiano won the award in 2016 and 2017 while he was a Real Madrid player, while Luka Modric of Los Blancos received the honor in 2018. Last year, Lionel Messi of Barcelona won the award.
Cristiano is the only player who has been nominated among the three finalists in each of the four editions. The 2019 podium with Messi was completed by Van Dijk and the current Juventus forward.
The finalists for the best goal (Puskas Award) are: Giorgian De Arrascaeta, Son Heung-min and Luis Suárez.
Best male goalkeeper: Alisson Becker (Liverpool), Manuel Neuer (Bayern) and Jan Oblak (Atlético de Madrid).
Best Male Soccer Coach: Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds United), Hansi Flick (Bayern Munich) and Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool).
Best Female Goalkeeper: Sarah Bouhaddi (Lyon), Christiane Endler (PSG) and Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars).
Best female soccer coach: Emma Hayes (Chelsea), Jean-Luc Vasseur (Lyon), Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands).
Best Female Player: Lucy Bronze (Manchester City), Pernille Harder (Chelsea) and Wendie Renard (Lyon).
