FIFA announced the nominees for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2024 on Friday, with Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi and retired Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos among the contenders for Best Men’s Player.
Reigning UEFA Champions League winners Real Madrid have the most nominees for Best Men’s Player, with six, including Dani Carvajal, Federico Valverde, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr.
Barcelona’s Spanish midfielder Aitana Bonmati, who won the Women’s Ballon d’Or and the FIFA Best Women’s Footballer award in the 2022-23 season, is also among the nominees.
This year, fans will be able to vote for “The Best FIFA Men’s 11” and “The Best FIFA Women’s 11” awards as part of a change in the format. Voting will be open on FIFA.com until Dec. 10.
Nominees are:
Best Men’s Player
Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid and Spain)
Erling Haaland (Manchester City and Norway)
Federico Valverde (Real Madrid and Uruguay)
Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen and Germany)
Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid and England)
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain/Real Madrid and France)
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona and Spain)
Lionel Messi (Inter Miami and Argentina)
Rodri (Manchester City and Spain)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid and Germany) – now retired
Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid and Brazil)
Best Women’s Player
Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona and Spain)
Barbra Banda (Shanghai Shengli/Orlando Pride and Zambia)
Caroline Graham Hansen (Barcelona and Norway)
Keira Walsh (Barcelona and England)
Khadija Shaw (Manchester City and Jamaica)
Lauren Hemp (Manchester City and England)
Lindsey Horan (Lyon and United States)
Lucy Bronze (Barcelona/Chelsea and England)
Mallory Swanson (Chicago Red Stars and United States)
Mariona Caldentey (Barcelona/Arsenal and Spain)
Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave and United States)
Ona Batlle (Barcelona and Spain)
Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona and Spain)
Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns and United States)
Tabitha Chawinga (Paris Saint-Germain/Lyon and Malawi)
Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit and United States)
Best Men’s Coach
Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid)
Lionel Scaloni (Argentina)
Luis de la Fuente (Spain)
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Xabi Alonso (Bayer Leverkusen)
Best Women’s Coach
Arthur Elias (Brazil)
Elena Sadiku (Celtic)
Emma Hayes (Chelsea/USA)
Futoshi Ikeda (Japan)
Gareth Taylor (Manchester City)
Jonatan Giraldez (Barcelona/Washington Spirit)
Sandrine Soubeyrand (Paris FC)
Sonia Bompastor (Lyon/Chelsea)
Best Men’s Goalkeeper
Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid and Ukraine)
David Raya (Arsenal and Spain)
Ederson (Manchester City and Brazil)
Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa and Argentina)
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris Saint-Germain and Italy)
Mike Maignan (AC Milan and France)
Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao and Spain)
Best Women’s Goalkeeper
Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars and United States)
Ann-Katrin Berger (Chelsea/NJ/NY Gotham and Germany)
Ayaka Yamashita (INAC Kobe Leonessa/Manchester City and Japan)
Cata Coll (Barcelona and Spain)
Mary Earps (Manchester United/Paris Saint-Germain and England)