FIFA will select the World Player of the Year 2022 at a gala in Paris on Monday evening (9 p.m.). After winning the World Cup with Argentina, Lionel Messi is the big favorite for the silver trophy – in addition to the 35-year-old, PSG team-mate Kylian Mbappé and his compatriot and Champions League winner Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) among the nominees. There are also prizes in the categories for players, coaches, goalkeepers and for the most beautiful goal and the best fans.
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Germany international Ann-Katrin Berger is one of the top three in the FIFA world goalkeeper election. The 32-year-old plays for the English club FC Chelsea and, like Mary Earps (England/Manchester United) and Christiane Endler (Chile/Olympique Lyon), can hope for the coveted award. For men, Argentinian world champion Emiliano Martínez (Aston Villa), Belgian Champions League winner Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) and Moroccan Yassine Bounou (Seville FC), who was convincing at the World Cup, are still in the running for the world goalkeeper award.
In the World Coach category, two former Bayern coaches, Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid) and Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), also have a chance of winning. The duo will face competition from Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni. The title of world coach goes to Sonia Bompastor (Olympique Lyon), Pia Sundhage (Brazil) and Sarina Wiegman (England).
FIFA also awards the Puskás Prize and the Fan Award. The nominees for the most beautiful goal: Marcin Olesky (Poland), Dimitry Payet (France) and Richarlison (Brazil). The fan award could also go to a single person with Abdullah Alsulm from Saudi Arabia, who hiked through the desert to Qatar for the World Cup. The nominees also include Argentinian fans for their spirit at the World Cup and Japanese supporters for their clean-up campaigns against rubbish in World Cup stadiums.
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The choice can be made via the pay transmitter Sky be flown live on TV. Here Sky shows the award Sky Sport News HD. Transmission begins at 8:45 p.m. Martin Winkler and Uli Köhler will moderate the event, and Florian Plettenberg will be on site as a reporter.
Yes. As an alternative to broadcasting on television, there are two options for following the 2022 World Footballer of the Year election. The election will be made available as a free live stream on the official FIFA website. The stream can be accessed via the official FIFA website. In addition, the Pay-TV broadcaster Sky a free live stream for the world footballer election.
