The top players and coaches from the 2021/22 season are being honoured on Monday, February 27, 2023 as the FIFA The Best awards are handed out at a formal ...
[live streamed for free around the world on FIFA+](http://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/home). It's an award for the fans, voted on by the fans ( Yassine Bounou, voted La Liga's best 'keeper in 2021/22, backstopped the top defense at the 2022 World Cup in leading Morocco to a shock run to the semis. 19:25 CET / 13:25 ET / 18:25 GMT: Confirmation of the red carpet in the photo below thanks to Sky's Florian Plettenberg. 19:34 CET / 13:34 ET / 18:34 GMT: Here are the stats comparing the three finalists for the men's award. 20:09 CET / 14:09 ET / 19:09 GMT: Jermaine Jenas and Samantha Johnson are the hosts of the ceremony from Paris. 20:45 CET / 14:45 ET / 19:45 GMT: Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Yassine Bounou, Dimitri Payet, Alexia Putellas, and Gianni Infantino walk the red carpet (actually a green carpet). Dibu Martinez, who could be the first Argentine 'keeper named best in the world, says he wants Argentina to sweep all four awards tonight (including the fan award). 21:28 CET / 15:28 ET / 20:28 GMT: Next up is The Best men's goalkeeper. 22:30 CET / 16:30 ET / 21:30 GMT: Time for The Best women's player of the year. We think it'll be Sarina Wiegman (England) and Lionel Scaloni (Argentina). 22:45 CET / 16:45 ET / 21:45 GMT: That's the end of the show.
Cristiano Ronaldo's longtime teammate Pepe took up the voting responsibilities in place of the 5-time Ballon d'Or winner.
The winner is decided after votes from select national team captains and coaches and Ronaldo, who captained Portugal on 136 occasions was expected to be part of the process. After the win, he said, “This is an honour for me. On Monday, Messi edged Kylian Mbappé again, this time to take FIFA’s best men’s player award.
FIFA published a full breakdown of The Best voting, so as curious onlookers we can pick out some of the more notable choices and patterns.
[Brazil](/soccer/team?id=205) captain [Thiago Silva](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/96254/Thiago-Silva) voted for [Neymar](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/132948/Neymar) in No. [Julian Alvarez](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/277206/julian-alvarez) as his second best player of the year -- the only vote received by the young [Manchester City](/soccer/team?id=382) striker. [Austria](/soccer/team?id=474) captain [David Alaba](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/118444/David-Alaba) managed to attract the scorn of [Real Madrid](/soccer/team?id=86) fans by being the only Los Blancos player to vote for Messi ahead of Benzema. [Mary Earps](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/248768/mary-earps); 2nd: [Christiane Endler](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/264853/christiane-endler); 3rd: [Ann-Katrin Berger](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/312479/ann-katrin-berger) [Germany](/soccer/team/_/id/2756/germany)) and Pia Sundhage ( [Brazil](/soccer/team/_/id/2752/brazil)). [Emiliano Martinez](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/158626/Emiliano-Martínez); 2nd: [Thibaut Courtois](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/134283/Thibaut-Courtois), 3rd: [Yassine Bounou](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/175149/Yassine-Bounou) [Alex Morgan](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/158774/alex-morgan); 3rd: [Beth Mead](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/280982/beth-mead) Portugal captain [Pepe](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/256909/Pepê) also did his old cohort [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/22774/Cristiano-Ronaldo) a solid by not including Messi on his ballot slip at all, instead opting for Mbappe, [Luka Modric](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/76762/Luka-Modric) and Benzema in that order. Unable to vote for himself, Messi also voted for [Paris Saint-Germain](/soccer/team?id=160) teammate Neymar as his The Best FIFA Men's player of the year. [Hugo Lloris](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/43372/Hugo-Lloris) kept things partisan by voting for fellow compatriots Mbappe and Benzema as his top two, with Messi as his third pick. [Kylian Mbappe](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/231388/Kylian-Mbappé) (44) and [Karim Benzema](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/46858/Karim-Benzema) (34) in second and third. [Egypt](/soccer/team?id=2620) skipper [Mohamed Salah](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/173896/Mohamed-Salah) submitted a fairly unusual top three ballot too, naming [Vinicius Junior](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/252107/Vinícius-Júnior) as his player of the year ahead of [Kevin De Bruyne](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/134947/Kevin-De-Bruyne) and [Achraf Hakimi](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/240233/Achraf-Hakimi).
Marcia Aoki accepted the special recognition award for late Football legend Pele at the Best FIFA Football Awards.
This year the award was presented to Marcin Oleksy. The seventh year of FIFA’s The Best Awards have been announced! Alexia Putellas, a standout for Barcelona and Spain, was awarded The Best FIFA Women's Player at the FIFA Awards ceremony on Monday in Paris.
Amid the FIFA Gala, Paris Saint- Germain star forwards and Argentine football legend, Lionel Messi is being considered to win FIFA Best Player Award for 2023, ...
However, Messi led Argentina to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup and also won the prestigious Golden Ball. Also, the French youth star and PSG forward Kylian Mbappe is also in the running for the FIFA Best Men’s Player Award. Karim Benzema completed the top three in the voting by a global panel of national team captains and coaches. The probable list of players for the awards includes football legends like Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, and Karim Benzema. During the event, the football governing body will hand out awards to top players for their outstanding achievement achievers in the game from last year. FIFA Awards 2023 LIVE Streaming: It is time for the most awaited sports awards, the FIFA awards 2023.
For accomplishments between 8 August 2021 and 18 December 2022. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/France); Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain/France) ...
Voting for the general public closed on 3 February. Lochoshvili sprung into action after Teigl fell to the ground following a collision with Nikolas Veratschnig’s knee during the match. Here is the full list of award winners.
FIFA Best Awards 2023 Live Updates: World Cup winner Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and current Ballon d'Or holder Karim Benzema will lock horns in the battle ...
Current Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema, also from France, rounds up the Top 3-man shortlist for the awards. Morocco’s Yassine Bounou, Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez and Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois are in the running for the best goalkeeper award. The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 Live Updates: After the FIFA World Cup final, PSG teammates Argentina’s Lionel Messi and France’s Kylian Mbappe will lock horns again in the battle to be crowned the Best Men’s Player in the FIFA awards on Monday.
The seventh edition of the annual FIFA award ceremony took place in Paris on Monday night as the global governing body celebrated the best in the game.
The voting for this award is carried out by an international jury which comprises national team managers and captains, and a pool of journalists. Current Ballon d’Or holder Benzema is very much third favourite behind Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé in the best player category, while Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni will surely win best coach after his nation’s historic World Cup win. Most bookmakers offer incredibly short odds of around -500 for him to win France Football’s prize come the end of the year, with Mbappé at +750 and Benzema a distant +1800, behind Erling Haaland (also around +750). She unfortunately suffered an ACL tear at the start of July 2022, just before the end of the period in consideration for the award, and missed the Euros as a result, but her achievements up until then – total domestic dominance with Barcelona, a narrow miss in the Champions League, lots of goals from midfield – mean she is the most likely winner. Will we see the Argentina World Cup winner factor at play in deciding this award? A percentage of the vote is also made by fans, who cast their ballot through the FIFA website. time will tell. Serbia [FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022] (24 November 2022) It was a big night for Argentine football as Leo Messi scooped the Men's Player Award. The Best FIFA Women’s Player & The Best FIFA Men’s Player The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper The Best FIFA Men’s Player