Brazil has seven representatives in The Best, an award given by the International Football Federation (Fifa) to the highlights of the year. The nominations were released on Thursday (12). Three of them are fighting for the top positions of the season among men (Neymar and Vinícius Júnior) and women (Debinha). Goalkeepers Alisson and Ederson compete for the best position award. Sweden’s Pia Sundhage, coach of the women’s national team, is in the running for best coach. Striker Richarlison is fighting for the Puskás Award, for the most beautiful goal, thanks to the volley of the second Brazilian goal in the 2-0 victory over Serbia, in the debut of the Qatar Cup. Those elected will be announced at a ceremony on the 27th of February in Paris (France). Volleyball goal by Brazilian Richarlison was chosen as the most beautiful goal of the Qatar Cup and is now running for Puskás, with the most beautiful goal of the season – Lucas Figueiredo/CBF In the dispute for The Best male, Neymar (third in 2015 – when the award was together with the Ballon d’Or from France Football magazine – and 2017) and Vini Jr. will compete with the Argentines Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez, the Englishman Jude Bellingham, the French Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappé, the Belgian Kevin de Bruyne, the Norwegian Erling Haaland, the Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, the Polish Robert Lewandowski, the Senegalese Sadio Mane, Croatian Luka Modric and Egyptian Mohamed Salah. Elected six times the best in the world and Argentina’s main name in winning the Qatar Cup, Messi appears as a favorite, with Benzema (highlight of the Spanish Real Madrid in winning the Champions League and winner of the 2022 Ballon d’Or) and Mbappé ( top scorer in the World Cup, with eight goals) as their main opponents. The Argentine won the award for the last time in 2019. Protagonist in Brazil’s eighth title in the women’s Copa America in July last year, Debinha was nominated for the first FIFA Best of the Year award – Lucas Figueiredo/CBF In the women’s category, Debinha was nominated for The Best for the first time, accredited for having been a protagonist in the title of Brazil in the Copa América, in addition to being elected to the selection of the best in the North American League. The number 9 shirt of the Brazilian team will have as opponents the English Keira Walsh, Beth Mead and Leah Williamson; the Spanish Aitana Bonmatí and Alexia Putellas, the Germans Lena Oberdorf and Alexandra Popp, the Canadian Jessie Fleming, the Norwegian Ada Hegerberg, the Australian Sam Kerr, the Dutch Vivianne Miedema, the American Alex Morgan and the French Wendie Renard. The last winner of the award was Putellas, who won the Ballon d’Or for 2022, but the Spaniard will have tough competition. Mead, Walsh and Williamson were England’s highlights in the women’s Euro title campaign. In addition to being elected the best in the competition, the first was also the top scorer, with six goals (and five assists). In the fight for the post of best goalkeepers, Alisson (winner in 2019) and Ederson will have as rivals the Moroccan Yassine Bounou, the Belgian Thibaut Courtois and the Argentine Emiliano Martínez. The latter was elected the Golden Glove of the Qatar Cup, while Courtois was the big name of Real Madrid in the Champions League final, against the English Liverpool. Pia Sundhage, coach of the Brazilian women’s soccer team, competes for the second FIFA The Best award in her career: the first was in 2012, when the coach was in charge of the United States national team – Lucas Figueiredo/CBF/Direitos Reservados Best female soccer coach in the world world in 2012 – when it was ahead of the United States – and third place in 2016, Pia Sundhage has five competitors in the dispute for the bi. Three are also national coaches: Bev Priestman (Canada), Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (Germany) and Sarina Wiegman (England). The other two are Sonia Bompastor, who runs Lyon (France), and Emma Hayes, who runs Chelsea (England) and is the current winner. Winner for the last time in 2020, Wiegman led the English to the Euro 2022 title. Amandine Henry, Argentine Francisco Metilli, Sudanese Alou Kuol, Polish Marcin Oleksy, Spanish Salma Paralluelo and English Alessia Russo. The Brazilian is in favor of the fact that the goal was elected the most beautiful of the Cup, in popular vote.
Agência Brasil
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