FIFA will select the best on January 17th. The all-important question: Who will be world footballer? Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski has a good chance of winning the title for the second year in a row. But the Munich Torgarant has tough competition.
sport.de accompanies the ceremony on Monday evening 7 p.m. on the live blog.
+++ Who makes it into the world eleven? +++
A football awards ceremony wouldn’t be a football awards ceremony if it didn’t also award prizes that no one had previously thought of. It is the same today. With the FIFA Fan Award and the FIFA Fair Play Award, there are two other awards in addition to the usual suspects that are looking for a buyer. Of course, the world eleven for men and women is also elected.
+++ Will it be a “German” evening in Zurich? +++
The evening in Zurich, which is not really in Zurich, as all nominees are only connected via video, could be a “German” one, because with Robert Lewandowski, Ann-Katrin Berger, Manuel Neuer, Thomas Tuchel and Patrik Schick there are five Stars nominated who either come from Germany or earn their money in the Bundesliga.
+++ Welcome to the world footballer election +++
Then let’s go. After the best footballer of the year was chosen at the end of November 2021, and then the next best footballer of the year was chosen at the end of December 2021, today, of course, the best footballer of the year will be chosen. Congratulations to everyone who still sees through it. Incidentally, the first two titles went to Lionel Messi (Ballon d’Or) and Kylian Mbappé (Globe Soccer Awards).
+++ “The Best FIFA Football Awards” – What is it? +++
“The Best FIFA Football Awards” was launched by the world association FIFA in 2016 and has honored the best coaches and footballers in the world every year since then. However, the award is independent of the prestigious “Ballon d’Or” awarded by the French sports newspaper “France Football”. Robert Lewandowski will be reluctant to remember the election as he had to let PSG star Lionel Messi go first.
By the way: From 1991 to 2009, FIFA chose the best player in the world, “France Football” the best player in Europe. From 2007, however, the Ballon d’Or also went to non-Europeans, which also made it a world footballer’s title. The two elections were therefore merged between 2010 and 2015, and since 2016 there have been two separate awards again.
Unlike the Ballon d’Or, where only journalists vote, the FIFA World Player of the Year is voted for by fans, journalists, national coaches and national team captains.
+++ Robert Lewandowski again “FIFA World Player of the Year”? +++
Tonight’s winner can call himself “FIFA World Footballer of the Year”. In 2021, Robert Lewandowski was able to claim the coveted title for himself. This year he competes with Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) and Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC).
A total of nine trophies will be awarded, based on performance from October 8, 2020 to August 7, 2021:
- FIFA World Player: Jennifer Hermoso (Barcelona), Sam Kerr (Chelsea FC) or Alexia Putellas (Barcelona)
- FIFA World Players: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern), Mo Salah (Liverpool) or Lionel Messi (PSG)
- FIFA World Goalkeeper: Ann Katrin Berger (Chelsea), Christiane Endler (Lyon), Stephanie Lynn Marie Labbé (PSG)
- FIFA World Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Donnarumma (PSG), Édouard Mendy (Chelsea FC) or Manuel Neuer (Bayern)
- FIFA World Coach Women: Lluís Cortés (FC Barcelona), Emma Hayes (FC Chelsea) or Sarina Wiegman (English national team)
- FIFA Men’s World Coach: Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), Robert Mancini (Italy), Thomas Tuchel (Chelsea)
- FIFA Puskas Prize (Best Goal): Luis Diaz (Colombia), Gauthier Hein (France), Erik Lamela (Argentina), Valentino Lazaro (Austria), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria), Sandra Owusu-Ansah (Ghana), Vangelis Pavlidis ( Greece), Danielas Sanchez (Mexico), Patrik Schick (Czech Republic), Mehdi Taremi (Iran), Caroline Weir (Scotland)
+++ The choice of the world footballer +++
From 7 p.m. in Zurich, FIFA will announce the new world footballer. In addition to Bundesliga star Robert Lewandowski, some German football greats can also hope for prizes.
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