The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 | |
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![]() Lionel Messi, The Best FIFA Men's Player 2022 | |
Date | 27 February 2023 |
Location | Paris, France |
Presented by | FIFA |
Hosted by | Samantha Johnson and Jermaine Jenas [1] |
Highlights | |
The Best FIFA Player | Men's:![]() Women's: ![]() |
The Best FIFA Coach | Men's:![]() Women's: ![]() |
The Best FIFA Goalkeeper | Men's:![]() Women's: ![]() |
FIFA Puskás Award | ![]() |
The Best FIFA Special Award | ![]() |
Website | fifa |
TheBest FIFA Football Awards 2022 were held on 27 February 2023 in Paris, France. [2]
Fourteen players were initially shortlisted on 12 January 2023. [3] The three finalists were revealed on 10 February 2023. [4]
Lionel Messi won the award with 52 scoring points. [5] [6] [7] [8]
The selection criteria for the men's players of the year was: respective achievements during the period from 8 August 2021 to 18 December 2022.
Rank | Player | Club(s) played for | National team | Points |
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The finalists | ||||
1 | Lionel Messi | ![]() | ![]() | 52 |
2 | Kylian Mbappé | ![]() | ![]() | 44 |
3 | Karim Benzema | ![]() | ![]() | 34 |
Other candidates | ||||
4 | Luka Modrić | ![]() | ![]() | 28 |
5 | Erling Haaland | ![]() | 24 | |
6 | Sadio Mané | ![]() | 19 | |
7 | Julián Álvarez | ![]() | 17 | |
8 | Achraf Hakimi | ![]() | ![]() | 15 |
9 | Neymar | ![]() | ![]() | 13 |
10 | Kevin De Bruyne | ![]() | ![]() | 10 |
11 | Vinícius Júnior | ![]() | ![]() | 10 |
12 | Robert Lewandowski | ![]() | 7 | |
13 | Jude Bellingham | ![]() | ![]() | 3 |
14 | Mohamed Salah | ![]() | ![]() | 2 |
Five players were initially shortlisted on 12 January 2023. [9] The three finalists were revealed on 8 February 2023. [10]
Emiliano Martínez won the award with 26 ranking points. [11] [6] [7] [12]
Rank | Player | Club(s) played for | National team | Points |
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The finalists | ||||
1 | Emiliano Martínez | ![]() | ![]() | 26 |
2 | Thibaut Courtois | ![]() | ![]() | 20 |
3 | Yassine Bounou | ![]() | ![]() | 14 |
Other candidates | ||||
4 | Alisson | ![]() | ![]() | 8 |
5 | Ederson | ![]() | ![]() | 4 |
Five coaches were initially shortlisted on 12 January 2023. [13] The three finalists were revealed on 9 February 2023. [14]
Lionel Scaloni won the award with 28 scoring points. [15] [6] [7] [16]
Rank | Coach | Team(s) managed | Points |
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The finalists | |||
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 28 |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 17 |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 12 |
Other candidates | |||
4 | ![]() | 10 | |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 5 |
Fourteen players were initially shortlisted on 12 January 2023. [17] The three finalists were revealed on 10 February 2023. [18]
Alexia Putellas won the award with 50 scoring points, her second consecutive win. [19] [6] [7] [20]
The selection criteria for the women's players of the year was: respective achievements during the period from 7 August 2021 to 31 July 2022.
Rank | Player | Club(s) played for | National team | Points |
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The finalists | ||||
1 | Alexia Putellas | ![]() | ![]() | 50 |
2 | Alex Morgan | ![]() | 37 | |
3 | Beth Mead | ![]() | ![]() | 37 |
Other candidates | ||||
4 | Sam Kerr | ![]() | ![]() | 34 |
5 | Aitana Bonmatí | ![]() | ![]() | 29 |
6 | Debinha | ![]() | ![]() | 25 |
7 | Alexandra Popp | ![]() | ![]() | 17 |
8 | Leah Williamson | ![]() | ![]() | 17 |
9 | Ada Hegerberg | ![]() | ![]() | 13 |
10 | Wendie Renard | ![]() | ![]() | 9 |
11 | Lena Oberdorf | ![]() | ![]() | 4 |
12 | Vivianne Miedema | ![]() | ![]() | 2 |
13 | Keira Walsh | ![]() | 0 | |
14 | Jessie Fleming | ![]() | ![]() | 0 |
Six players were initially shortlisted on 12 January 2023. [21] The three finalists were revealed on 8 February 2023. [22]
Mary Earps won the award with 26 scoring points. [23] [6] [7] [24]
Rank | Player | Club(s) played for | National team | Points |
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The finalists | ||||
1 | Mary Earps | ![]() | ![]() | 26 |
2 | Christiane Endler | ![]() | ![]() | 22 |
3 | Ann-Katrin Berger | ![]() | ![]() | 10 |
Other candidates | ||||
4 | Sandra Paños | ![]() | ![]() | 7 |
5 | Merle Frohms | ![]() | 5 | |
6 | Alyssa Naeher | ![]() | ![]() | 3 |
Six coaches were initially shortlisted on 12 January 2023. [25] The three finalists were revealed on 9 February 2023. [26]
Sarina Wiegman won the award with 28 scoring points. [27] [6] [7] [28]
Rank | Coach | Team(s) managed | Points | |
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The finalists | ||||
1 | ![]() | ![]() | 28 | |
2 | ![]() | ![]() | 18 | |
3 | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
Other candidates | ||||
4 | ![]() | ![]() | 10 | |
5 | ![]() | ![]() | 6 | |
6 | ![]() | ![]() | 0 |
The eleven players initially shortlisted for the award were announced on 12 January 2023. [29] The three finalists were revealed on 10 February 2023. [30] All goals up for consideration were scored from 8 August 2021 to 18 December 2022. Every registered FIFA.com user was allowed to participate in the final vote until 3 February 2023, with the questionnaire being presented on the official website of FIFA. The selected goals were also voted on by a panel of "FIFA experts". Both groups' votes weighed equally on the ultimate winner of the award. [31]
Marcin Oleksy won the award with 21 scoring points, becoming the first amputee footballer to earn the honour. [32] [7]
Rank | Player | Match | Competition | Date | Points |
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The finalists | |||||
1 | ![]() | Warta Poznań – Stal Rzeszów | 2022 PZU Amp Futbol Ekstraklasa | 6 November 2022 | 21 |
2 | ![]() | Marseille – PAOK | 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League | 7 April 2022 | 20 |
3 | ![]() | Brazil – Serbia | 2022 FIFA World Cup | 24 November 2022 | 17 |
Other candidates | |||||
Unranked | ![]() | Adana Demirspor – Göztepe | 2021–22 Süper Lig | 22 May 2022 | N/A |
![]() | Rosario Central – Central Córdoba | 2022 Argentine Primera División | 1 August 2022 | ||
![]() | Barcelona – Lyon | 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League | 21 May 2022 | ||
![]() | Milan – Atalanta | 2021–22 Serie A | 15 May 2022 | ||
![]() | Iraq – Australia | 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup | 4 June 2022 | ||
![]() | Argentina – France | 2022 FIFA World Cup | 18 December 2022 | ||
![]() | Barcelona – Villarreal | 2021–22 Primera División (women) | 2 April 2022 | ||
![]() | England – Sweden | UEFA Women's Euro 2022 | 26 July 2022 |
The award celebrates the best fan moments or gestures of August 2021 to December 2022, regardless of championship, gender or nationality. The shortlist was compiled by a panel of FIFA experts. [33]
Argentina fans won the award with over 650,000 registered votes. [34] [7]
Rank | Fan(s) | Reason | Votes | % of total votes |
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Nominees | ||||
1 | ![]() | Their support in travelling to Qatar to support their teams eventual winning run at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and followed by the millions of fans welcoming the team home to Buenos Aires following their tournament win. | 656,253 | 41.88% |
2 | ![]() | Traditional nature of staying behind following their nation’s games at the 2022 FIFA World Cup to clean up the stadium. | 526,887 | 33.63% |
3 | ![]() | Hiking 1,600 km across the Arabian desert from Jeddah to Qatar to support his home nation at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. | 383,643 | 24.49% |
Winner | Team | Reason |
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![]() | ![]() | Saved Georg Teigl's life, clearing the defender’s airways after he swallowed his tongue. Thanks to Lochoshvili's actions, Tiegl regained consciousness and then was treated at a local hospital. [35] |
An additional award was given out posthumously in tribute to the late Pelé, to recognize his role and contribution to the sport of football. The award was received by Pelé's wife Marcia Aoki. [36]
Winner | Reason |
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![]() | Posthumously awarded as a tribute and special recognition for his role in football. |
The 26–player men's shortlist was announced on 13 February 2023. [37]
The players chosen were Thibaut Courtois as goalkeeper, Achraf Hakimi, Virgil van Dijk and João Cancelo as defenders, Kevin De Bruyne, Casemiro and Luka Modrić as midfielders, and Lionel Messi, Karim Benzema, Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé as forwards. [38] [39]
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The 23–player women's shortlist was announced on 13 February 2023. [40]
The players chosen were Christiane Endler as goalkeeper, Lucy Bronze, Mapi León, Wendie Renard and Leah Williamson as defenders, Lena Oberdorf, Alexia Putellas and Keira Walsh as midfielders, and Sam Kerr, Beth Mead and Alex Morgan as forwards. [41] [42]
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