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The Best FIFA Football Awards Winners: Full List of Awardees Since 2016

Apart from the 9 awards, a special award for an outstanding career achievement and the two FIFAPro best 11 teams also are announced during the ceremony.

The Best FIFA Football Awards Winners

The Best FIFA Football Awards is presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, recognising the performance in the previous year across international and club football.

The awards ceremony is an attempt to revive the FIFA World Player Gala, which was presented throughout 1991-2009. The Best FIFA Football Awards was first held in 2017, honouring achievements from the year 2016.

The Best FIFA Football Awards marked a new era in crowning the outstanding figures in world football by getting fans involved more than ever before with their votes helping to crown the best players and coaches in men's and women's football.

The Best FIFA Football Awards also saw the FIFA Fan Award given out for the first time to honour outstanding gestures from supporters.

A total of 9 categories are being presented with an award based on their performances in the preceding year. Apart from the 9 awards, a special award for an outstanding career achievement and the two FIFAPro best 11 teams also are announced during the ceremony.

The Best FIFA Football Awards Categories

● The Best FIFA Men's Player

● The Best FIFA Women's Player

● The Best FIFA Men's Coach

● The Best FIFA Women's Coach

● The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper

● The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper

● The FIFA Puskas Award

● The FIFA Fair Play Award

● The FIFA Fan Award

● FIFA FIFPro Men's World 11

● FIFA FIFPro Women's World 11

As it stands, the Best FIFA Football Awards has been held seven times with different players and coaches receiving the awards over the years. Only Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, Jurgen Klopp and Sarina Wiegman have won the award more than once.

Here is a look at the Best FIFA Football Awards winners so far:

The Best FIFA Men’s Awards

The Best FIFA Men’s Awards

The Best FIFA Men's Player Winners

Year Player Country Team(s)
2016 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Real Madrid
2017 Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Real Madrid
2018 Luka Modric Croatia Real Madrid
2019 Lionel Messi Argentina Barcelona
2020 Robert Lewandowski Poland Bayern Munich
2021 Robert Lewandowski Poland Bayern Munich
2022 Lionel Messi Argentina PSG

The Best FIFA Men's Coach Winners

Year Coach Nationality Team(s)
2016 Claudio Ranieri Italian Leicester City
2017 Zinedine Zidane French Real Madrid
2018 Didier Deschamps French France
2019 Jurgen Klopp German Liverpool
2020 Jurgen Klopp German Liverpool
2021 Thomas Tuchel German Chelsea
2022 Lionel Scaloni Argentine Argentina

The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper Winners

Year Player Country Team(s)
2017 Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus
2018 Thibaut Courtois Belgium Chelsea, Real Madrid
2019 Alisson Brazil Liverpool
2020 Manuel Neuer Germany Bayern Munich
2021 Edouard Mendy Senegal Chelsea
2022 Emiliano Martinez Argentina Aston Villa
The Best FIFA Women’s Awards

The Best FIFA Women’s Awards

The Best FIFA Women's Player Winners

Year Player Country Team(s)
2016 Carli Lloyd USA Houston Dash
2017 Lieke Martens Netherlands Rosengard, Barcelona
2018 Marta Brazil Orlando Pride
2019 Megan Rapinoe USA Reign FC
2020 Lucy Bronze England Manchester City, Lyon
2021 Alexia Putellas Spain Barcelona
2022 Alexia Putellas Spain Barcelona

The Best FIFA Women's Coach Winners

Year Coach Nationality Team(s)
2016 Silvia Neid German Germany
2017 Sarina Wiegman Dutch Netherlands
2018 Reynald Pedros French Lyon
2019 Jill Ellis English USA
2020 Sarina Wiegman Dutch Netherlands
2021 Emma Hayes English Chelsea
2022 Sarina Wiegman Dutch England

The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper Winners

Year Player Country Team(s)
2019 Sari van Veenendaal Netherlands Arsenal, Atletico Madrid
2020 Sarah Bouhaddi France Lyon
2021 Christiane Endler Chile PSG, Lyon
2022 Mary Earps England Manchester United
More Best FIFA Awards

More Best FIFA Awards

The Best FIFA Fairplay Award Winners

Year Winner
2016 Atletico Nacional (Colombia)
2017 Francis Kone (Togo)
2018 Lennart Thy (Germany)
2019 Marcelo Bielsa & Leeds United (England)
2020 Mattia Agnese (Italy)
2021 Denmark National team and medical staff
2022 Luka Lochoshvili (Georgia)

The Best FIFA Puskas Awards Winners

Year Player Team Versus Tournament
2016 Mohd Faiz Subri Penang Pahang Malaysian Super League
2017 Olivier Giroud Arsenal Crystal Palace Premier League
2018 Mohamed Salah Liverpool Everton Premier League
2019 Daniel Zsori Debrecen Ferencvaros Nemzeti Bajnoksag I
2020 Son Heung-min Tottenham Hotspur Burnley Premier League
2021 Erik Lamela Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal Premier League
2022 Marcin Oleksy Warta Poznan Stal Rzeszow 2022 PZU Amp Futbol Ekstraklasa

FIFA Fan Award

Year Winner
2016 Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool supporters
2017 Celtic supporters
2018 Peru supporters
2019 Silvia Grecco, Palmeiras supporter
2020 Marivaldo Francisco da Silva, Sport Recife supporter
2021 Denmark and Finland supporters
2022 Argentina fans

FIFA Special Award for an Outstanding Career Achievement

Year Winner
2016 Falcao (for contribution to futsal)
2021 Christine Sinclair (for most international goals scored by a female footballer)
2021 Cristiano Ronaldo (for most international goals scored by a male footballer)
The FIFA FIFPro World XI Winners

The FIFA FIFPro World XI Winners

FIFPro Men's World 11

2016 FIFPro Men's XI

Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich)

Defenders: Marcelo (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Dani Alves (Barcelona/Juventus)

Midfielders: Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Luis Suarez (Barcelona), Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2017 FIFPro Men's XI

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)

Defenders: Marcelo (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus/Milan), Dani Alves (Juventus/PSG)

Midfielders: Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Neymar (Barcelona/PSG), Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2018 FIFPro Men's XI

Goalkeeper: David de Gea (Manchester United)

Defenders: Marcelo (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid), Dani Alves (PSG)

Midfielders: Eden Hazard (Chelsea), N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Juventus), Kylian Mbappe (PSG), Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2019 FIFPro Men's XI

Goalkeeper: Alisson (Liverpool)

Defenders: Marcelo (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax/Juventus)

Midfielders: Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Real Madrid), Frenkie de Jong (Ajax/Barcelona), Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Kylian Mbappe (PSG), Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2020 FIFPro Men's XI

Goalkeeper: Alisson (Liverpool)

Defenders: Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)

Midfielders: Thiago (Bayern Munich/Liverpool), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2021 FIFPro Men's XI

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan/PSG)

Defenders: David Alaba (Bayern Munich/Real Madrid), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Ruben Dias (Manchester City)

Midfielders: Jorginho (Chelsea), N'Golo Kante (Chelsea), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Manchester United), Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Lionel Messi (Barcelona/PSG)

2022 FIFPro Men's XI

Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)

Defenders: Joao Cancelo (Manchester City), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Achraf Hakimi (PSG)

Midfielders: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Casemiro (Real Madrid/Manchester United)

Forwards: Lionel Messi (PSG), Kylian Mbappe (PSG), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City)

FIFPro Women's World 11

2019 FIFPro Women's XI

Goalkeeper: Sari van Veenendaal (Arsenal/Atletico Madrid)

Defenders: Lucy Bronze (Lyon), Nilla Fischer (VfL Wolfsburg/Linkopings), Kelley O'Hara (Utah Royals), Wendie Renard (Lyon)

Midfielders: Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars), Amandine Henry (Lyon), Rose Lavelle (Washington Spirit)

Forwards: Marta (Orlando Pride), Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride), Megan Rapinoe (Reign FC)

2020 FIFPro Women's XI

Goalkeeper: Christiane Endler (PSG)

Defenders: Millie Bright (Chelsea), Lucy Bronze (Lyon/Manchester City), Wendie Renard (Lyon)

Midfielders: Barbara Bonansea (Juventus), Verónica Boquete (Utah Royals/Milan), Delphine Cascarino (Lyon)

Forwards: Pernille Harder (VfL Wolfsburg/Chelsea), Tobin Heath (Portland Thorns/Manchester United), Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal), Megan Rapinoe (OL Reign)

2021 FIFPro Women's XI

Goalkeeper: Christiane Endler (PSG/Lyon)

Defenders: Lucy Bronze (Manchester City), Millie Bright (Chelsea), Magdalena Eriksson (Chelsea), Wendie Renard (Lyon)

Midfielders: Estefania Banini (Levante/Atletico Madrid), Barbara Bonansea (Juventus), Carli Lloyd (NJ/NY Gotham FC)

Forwards: Marta (Orlando Pride), Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal), Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride/San Diego Wave FC)

2022 FIFPro Women's XI

Goalkeeper: Christiane Endler (Lyon)

Defenders: Lucy Bronze (Barcelona/Manchester City), Mapi Leon (Barcelona), Leah Williamson (Arsena), Wendie Renard (Lyon)

Midfielders: Alexia Putellas (Barcelona), Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg), Keira Walsh (Manchester City/Barcelona)

Forwards: Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride/San Diego Wave), Sam Kerr (Chelsea), Beth Mead (Arsenal)

Story first published: Monday, February 27, 2023, 13:28 [IST]
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