SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, (THEWILL) – The nominees for the Best FIFA men’s player of the year 2018 award were unveiled on Tuesday.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Tottenham’s Harry Kane, Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and Chelsea’s Eden Hazard were nominated for the award.
The shortlist also includes Brazil’s Neymar, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe, Luka Modric and Raphael Varane.
The 2018 award ceremony is scheduled for September 24 in London but the shortlist will be pruned to three nominees a few weeks before the award.
Ronaldo won the first two editions of the Best FIFA men’s player of the year award which was launched in 2016.
In the same vein, France’s World Cup-winning coach Didier Deschamps has been shortlisted for the Best FIFA Men’s Coach award.
Zinedine Zidane, who won his third consecutive Champions League with Real Madrid, is also nominated.
Zlatko Dalic claims a place on the 11-man list after taking Croatia to a World Cup final for the first time in their history.
Also on the list is Pep Guardiola who helped Man City lift the English Premier League (EPL) title in record-breaking fashion as they became the first team to reach 100 points.
The other nominees on the 11-man list include England’s Gareth Southgate, Russia’s Stanislav Cherchesov, Massimilano Allegri of Italy, Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp, Belgium coach Roberto Martinez, Diego Simeone of Atlético Madrid and Barcelona’s gaffer Ernesto Valverde.
The other categories where trophies will be awarded include FIFA Fair Play Award, the FIFA Puskas Award, the FIFA Fan Award, the Best FIFA Goalkeeper Award and the FIFA FIFPro World 11.
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