FIFA Announces 3-Man Shortlist For 2020 Balon D’or

The world football governing body, FIFA, on Friday, announced their final three-man shortlist for this year’s Men Best Player of the Year as well as other categories of awards.

As gathered by Eko Hot Blog, other categories of award will include the FIFA Puskas award, Men’s Best Coach of the year, Women’s Best Player and among other awards.

According to FIFA, who made the announcement via its official website, the nominees were chosen by a panel of football experts.

As gathered by Eko Hot Blog, the winner would be announced during The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony on December 17, 2020, and it will be streamlined live on FIFA’s website.

Below is the list of the nominees.

The Best FIFA Women’s Player:

Lucy Bronze (England / Olympique Lyonnais / Manchester City WFC)

Pernille Harder (Denmark / VfL Wolfsburg / Chelsea FC Women)

Wendie Renard (France / Olympique Lyonnais)

Best FIFA Men’s Player:

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal / Juventus FC)

Robert Lewandowski (Poland / FC Bayern München)

Lionel Messi (Argentina / FC Barcelona)

Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper:

Sarah Bouhaddi (France / Olympique Lyonnais)

Christiane Endler (Chile / Paris Saint-Germain)

Alyssa Naeher (USA / Chicago Red Stars)

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Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper:

Alisson Becker (Brazil / Liverpool FC)

Manuel Neuer (Germany / FC Bayern München)

Jan Oblak (Slovenia / Atlético de Madrid)

Best FIFA Women’s Coach:

Emma Hayes (England / Chelsea FC Women)

Jean-Luc Vasseur (France / Olympique Lyonnais)

Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands / Dutch national team)

Best FIFA Men’s Coach:

Marcelo Bielsa (Argentina / Leeds United FC)

Hans-Dieter Flick (Germany / FC Bayern München)

Jürgen Klopp (Germany / Liverpool FC)

FIFA Puskás Award:

Giorgian De Arrascaeta (URU) – Ceará SC v. CR Flamengo [Brasileirão – Brazil] (25 August 2019)

Son Heung-min (KOR) – Tottenham Hotspur FC v. Burnley FC [Premier League – England] (7 December 2019)

Luis Suárez (URU) – FC Barcelona v. RCD Mallorca [LaLiga] – Spain] (7 December 2019).

As usual, this year’s awards will be headlined by Men’s Best Player award, which will be slugged out by perennial winners in the duo of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, alongside Bayern Munich’s Polish striker, Robert Lewandowski, who is widely tipped to nick the two all time greats to the prize this year.