

Defenders: Lucy Bronze, Nilla Fischer, Kelley O’Hara, Wendie Renard Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi Midfielders: Frenkie de Jong, Eden Hazard, Luka Modrić

Defenders: Matthijs de Ligt, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Virgil van Dijk Thousands of football players from around the world cast their votes for this season’s FIFA FIFPro World11, as well as, for the first time, for the FIFA FIFPro Women’s World11 : The Americans’ success in France also gave Jill Ellis the title of Women’s Coach of the Year, an accolade that, on the men’s side, was picked up by German Jürgen Klopp, who coached Liverpool FC to UEFA Champions League glory.īrazilian Alisson Becker, also of Liverpool FC, was chosen as The Best FIFA Goalkeeper, a distinction that was also introduced this year for women’s football and saw Dutch Sari van Veenendaal voted as its maiden recipient. The Argentina and FC Barcelona star was recognised by FIFA as the player of the year for the sixth time in his career − an absolute record – while Rapinoe capped an impeccable season that saw her lead the USA to their second consecutive FIFA Women’s World Cup™ title in France. This year’s The Best FIFA Football Awards™ ceremony took centre stage at Milan’s historic Teatro alla Scala this evening and crowned two household names as the players of the season: Megan Rapinoe and Lionel Messi.

World champion Jill Ellis and UEFA Champions League winner Jürgen Klopp, the top coaches Messi claims a record-breaking sixth player of the year title
