PARIS
\nArgentina featured heavily in shortlists for FIFA\u2019s Best awards following their World Cup triumph, with forwards Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and coach Lionel Scaloni receiving nominations in their categories.
\nMessi, along with his Paris St Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappe and Manchester City\u2019s Erling Haaland, were among the 14 players shortlisted for The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player award, the world governing body said on Thursday.
\nThe trio are joined by last year\u2019s winner Robert Lewandowski of Barcelona, Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, Liverpool\u2019s Mohamed Salah and PSG\u2019s Neymar and Achraf Hakimi.
\nReal Madrid\u2019s Karim Benzema, who won the 2022 Ballon d\u2019Or award, is also in the shortlist.
\nBarca and Arsenal dominate the women\u2019s award with three players each including Alexia Putellas, Keira Walsh and Aitana Bonmati for the Spanish champions while the English side are represented by Leah Williamson, Vivianne Miedema and Beth Mead.
\nPutellas makes it into the shortlist despite missing much of last year due to a knee ligament injury.
\nChelsea duo Sam Kerr and Jessie Fleming and Olympique Lyonnais\u2019 Ada Hegerberg and Wendie Renard also make the cut.
\nSarina Wiegman, who led England to last year\u2019s European Championship title, is joined on The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Coach shortlist by Chelsea\u2019s Emma Hayes and Germany manager Martina Voss-Tecklenburg.
\nReal Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti and Manchester City\u2019s Pep Guardiola are nominated for the men\u2019s award, along with Argentina\u2019s Scaloni, France boss Didier Deschamps and Morocco manager Walid Regragui.
\nLiverpool\u2019s Alisson Becker, Real Madrid\u2019s Thibaut Courtois and Aston Villa\u2019s Martinez are among the nominees for The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper award.
\nFIFA said it will announce the three finalists in each category in early February.
\nFIFA also announced an 11-player shortlist for this year\u2019s Puskas Award for the \u201cmost beautiful\u201d goal of the year, with Mbappe\u2019s spectacular volley against Argentina in the World Cup final among the nominees.
\nThe FIFA Puskas Award shortlist (all goals 2022):
\nMario Balotelli (ITA): Adana Demirspor v Goztepe [Super Lig] (May 22) Amandine Henry (FRA): FC Barcelona v Olympique Lyonnais [UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League]
\n(May 21) Theo Hernandez (FRA): AC Milan v Atalanta [Serie A] (May 15) Alou Kuol (AUS): Iraq U-23 v Australia U-23 [AFC U23 Asian Cup] (June 4) Kylian Mbappe (FRA): Argentina v France [FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022] (December 18) Francisco Gonzalez Metilli (ARG): Club Atletico Central Cordoba v Club Atletico Rosario Central [Primera Division] (Aug. 1) Marcin Oleksy (POL): Warta Poznan v Stal Rzeszow (November 6) Salma Paralluelo (ESP): FC Barcelona v Villarreal CF [Liga F] (April 2) Dimitri Payet (FRA): Olympique de Marseille v PAOK Thessaloniki FC [UEFA Europa Conference League] (April 7) Richarlison (BRA): Brazil v Serbia [FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022] (Nov. 24) Alessia Russo (ENG): England v Sweden [UEFA Women\u2019s EURO 2022] (July 26).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PARIS Argentina featured heavily in shortlists for FIFA\u2019s Best awards following their World Cup triumph, with forwards Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and coach Lionel Scaloni receiving nominations in their categories. Messi, along with his Paris St Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappe and Manchester City\u2019s Erling Haaland, were among the 14 players shortlisted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-307590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n