The Best FIFA Football Awards LIVE: Lionel Messi aims to fend off Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe to be crowned top’s men player in star studded Paris ceremony after World Cup glory
Follow live coverage of FIFA’s annual awards ceremony The Best with Lionel Messi hoping to be named the top men’s player
Host commentator
Messi 1/5
Benzema 4/1
Mbappe 10/1
60 minutes until the big ceremony begins.
Too many legends to count 😅#TheBest | @FIFAWWC
Official: Lionel Scaloni has extended his contract with Argentina National team until 2026 🚨🇦🇷 #Argentina
…in few hours, he will be announced as winner of FIFA “The Best” Awards. pic.twitter.com/ThBH1TEy0n
The award for ‘most beautiful goal’ of the year.
Marcin Oleksy – Warta Poznan vs Stal Rzeszow, PZU Amp Futbol Ekstraklasa (November 6, 2022)
Dmitri Payet – Marseille vs PAOK Thessaloniki, Europa Conference League (April 7, 2022)
Richarlison – Brazil vs Serbia, World Cup (November 24, 2022)
Three amazing goals, but which one will win the FIFA Puskás Award? 🤔#TheBest
Messi’s international boss, Lionel Scaloni guided Argentina to their World Cup win and is in contention to win the award for the best coach along with Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti who won the Premier League and Champions League respectively.
Men
Pep Guardiola (Man City)
Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid)
Lionel Scaloni (Argentina)
Women
Sarina Wiegman (England)
Sonia Bompastor (Lyon)
Pia Sundhage (Brazil)
Men
Yassine Bounou (Morocco and Sevilla)
Thibaut Courtois (Belgium and Real Madrid)
Emiliano Martinez (Argentina and Aston Villa)
Women
Ann-Katrin Berger (Germany and Chelsea)
Mary Earps (England and Manchester United)
Christiane Endler (Chile and Lyon)
Beth Mead (England and Arsenal)
Alexia Putellas (Spain and Barcelona)
Alex Morgan (USA and San Diego Wave)
And #TheBest goes to… 👥 🤔#Mead #Putellas #Morgan ❓ pic.twitter.com/ilN47dALQL
And #TheBest goes to… 👥 🤔#Messi #Mbappe #Benzema ❓ pic.twitter.com/sguvcV4Cp2
The Best FIFA Awards celebrate the top performers across the sport of football every year.
The first edition of the awards took place in 2017 for the year 2016 – with FIFA relinquishing control of the Ballon d’Or – which was a FIFA event from 2010 until 2015.
FIFA’s process sees that finalists are voted for by an international jury comprising of the current coaches and captains of all women’s and men’s national teams, one specialist journalist from each territory represented by a national team and fans registered on FIFA.com.
FIFA’s The Best Awards ceremony gets underway on Monday night – with PSG star Lionel Messi in line to win the coveted trophy for the top men’s player.
Messi is a huge favourite to win the award after playing a stunning role in helping Argentina claim the World Cup trophy for the first time since 1986 – also winning player of the tournament.
Alongside Messi, club team-mate Kylian Mbappe has also made the final shortlist after reaching the final with France in Qatar and finishing as top scorer.
Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema completes the three finalists nominated having inspired his side to Champions League success.
And welcome to Sportsmail’s live overage of The Best FIFA Football Awards.
Stay with us for all the build up before the ceremony in Paris gets underway at 8pm.
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