FIFA Reveals Nominees for 2025 The Best Football Awards
The 2025 shortlist drops with the usual spark — a mix of elite talent, rising stars, and footballing folklore. Barcelona’s women dominate again, Temwa Chawinga shakes up the global picture, and Lamine Yamal’s early nomination adds a surreal touch. Cole Palmer keeps proving his rise isn’t a fluke.
The coaching lists read like a clash of football ideologies, while the goalkeepers’ nominations highlight veterans, comeback stories, and cool-headed prodigies. The Fan Award brings heart to the whole thing, honouring the people who breathe life into the game.
With voting split evenly between coaches, captains, journalists, and fans, the final outcome will blend expertise with emotion — football’s favourite cocktail.The 2025 shortlist drops with the usual spark — a mix of elite talent, rising stars, and footballing folklore. Barcelona’s women dominate again, Temwa Chawinga shakes up the global picture, and Lamine Yamal’s early nomination adds a surreal touch. Cole Palmer keeps proving his rise isn’t a fluke.
The coaching lists read like a clash of football ideologies, while the goalkeepers’ nominations highlight veterans, comeback stories, and cool-headed prodigies. The Fan Award brings heart to the whole thing, honouring the people who breathe life into the game.
With voting split evenly between coaches, captains, journalists, and fans, the final outcome will blend expertise with emotion — football’s favourite cocktail.
Even the Fan Award categories remind us that football isn’t only played — it’s lived. Manolo el del Bombo’s posthumous nomination feels like a nod to the sport’s folklore. Alejandro Ciganotto and Zakho’s supporters show how passion can turn into something bigger than fandom.
And the 25–25–25–25 voting breakdown — coaches, captains, journalists, fans — ensures a strange and delightful alchemy where expertise, sentiment, narratives, and raw popularity collide.
Here are the full nominee lists, clean and clear:
The Best FIFA Women’s Player
Sandy Baltimore
Nathalie Björn
Aitana Bonmatí
Lucy Bronze
Mariona Caldentey
Temwa Chawinga
Kadidiatou Diani
Melchie Dumornay
Patri Guijarro
Lindsey Heaps
Lauren James
Chloe Kelly
Ewa Pajor
Claudia Pina
Alexia Putellas
Alessia Russo
Leah Williamson
The Best FIFA Men’s Player
Ousmane Dembélé
Achraf Hakimi
Harry Kane
Kylian Mbappé
Nuno Mendes
Cole Palmer
Pedri
Raphinha
Mohamed Salah
Vitinha
Lamine Yamal
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach
Sonia Bompastor
Jonatan Giráldez
Seb Hines
Renee Slegers
Sarina Wiegman
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach
Javier Aguirre
Mikel Arteta
Luis Enrique
Hansi Flick
Enzo Maresca
Roberto Martínez
Arne Slot
The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper
Ann-Katrin Berger
Cata Coll
Christiane Endler
Hannah Hampton
Anna Moorhouse
Chiamaka Nnadozie
Phallon Tullis-Joyce
The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper
Alisson Becker
Thibaut Courtois
Gianluigi Donnarumma
Emiliano Martínez
Manuel Neuer
David Raya
Yann Sommer
Wojciech Szczęsny
FIFA Fan Award
Alejandro Ciganotto
Manolo el del Bombo (posthumous)
Zakho fans
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