Carli Lloyd, Lieke Martens and Marta were the trio of elite players that were named The Best FIFA Women’s Player for 2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively, and once again a major tournament – France 2019 – has played a significant role in determining the 12-woman shortlist for The Best FIFA Women’s Player 2019 award.
Here is the 2019 12-player shortlist:
LUCY BRONZE (Lyon/England)
JULIE ERTZ (Chicago Red Stars/USA)
CAROLINE GRAHAM-HANSEN (Barcelona/Norway)
ADA HEGERBERG (Lyon)
AMANDINE HENRY (Lyon/France)
SAM KERR (Chicago Red Stars/Australia)
ROSE LAVELLE (Washington Spirit/USA)
VIVIANNE MIEDEMA (Arsenal/Netherlands)
ALEX MORGAN (Orlando Pride/USA)
MEGAN RAPINOE (Reign FC/USA)
WENDIE RENARD (Lyon/France)
ELLEN WHITE (Manchester City/England)
The 12-woman shortlist for The Best FIFA Women’s Player 2019 award – based on their respective achievements during the period from 25 May 2018 to 7 July 2019 inclusive – has been compiled by a panel of experts in women’s football.
You, the fans, now have a say and can vote for your personal top three (First choice: 5 points, second choice: 3 points and third choice: 1 point). The fan vote will be equally weighted alongside the votes of other key members of the footballing community – namely journalists, national team coaches and captains. The three finalists for each award will be revealed at a later date, with all award winners revealed at The Best FIFA Football Awards show in Milan on 23 September.
SIGN IN & VOTE HERE ➡️: https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/best-fifa-womens-player/
#TheBest FIFA Women’s Coach shortlist was announced at midday too:
🚨 Our first announcement today! 🚨#TheBest Women's Coach nominees:
🇮🇹@milebertolini
🇺🇸 Jill Ellis
🇸🇪 Peter Gerhardsson
🇯🇵 Futoshi Ikeda
🇪🇸@is_tona
🇦🇺@MontemurroJoe
🏴 Phil Neville
🇫🇷@ReynaldPedros
🏴 @prileyfury4life
🇳🇱@wiegman_sVoting NOW OPEN 👇https://t.co/MPUnRRrU4Q
— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 31, 2019
WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
Well YOU, the fans, now have a say and can vote for your personal top three from each shortlist (First choice: 5 points, second choice: 3 points and third choice: 1 point). The fan vote will be equally weighted alongside the votes of other key members of the footballing community – namely journalists, national team coaches and captains. The three finalists for each award will be revealed at a later date, with all award winners revealed at The Best FIFA Football Awards show in Milan on 23 September.
SIGN IN & VOTE HERE ➡️: https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards/best-fifa-womens-coach/
