⚽The Best FIFA Football Awards™ - every year the same procedure⚽

[LTU_btc]

There was no doubts that Lewandowski was best player this season. He scored most goals and won every possible trophy this year. It's only unfair that this year there was no Golden Ball award when Lewandowski maybe had his only chance in career to win it. I don't know why it wasn't possible to held awards online like FIFA did.
And like always, there is some awards which looks a bit weird. Neuer is best goalkeeper, while Alison is in XI of the year.
Klopp won award because of win of EPL, but I we shouldn't understimate achievements of Hans Dieter Flick. He took over team when they struggled a lot and had bad atmosphere in locker room. And he turned Bayern into most powerful team in world now and won every possible trophy without leaving even minimal chances for others.

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[Welsh]

There was no doubts that Lewandowski was best player this season. He scored most goals and won every possible trophy this year. It's only unfair that this year there was no Golden Ball award when Lewandowski maybe had his only chance in career to win it. I don't know why it wasn't possible to held awards online like FIFA did.
And like always, there is some awards which looks a bit weird. Neuer is best goalkeeper, while Alison is in XI of the year.
Klopp won award because of win of EPL, but I we shouldn't understimate achievements of Hans Dieter Flick. He took over team when they struggled a lot and had bad atmosphere in locker room. And he turned Bayern into most powerful team in world now and won every possible trophy without leaving even minimal chances for others.

I personally think Klopp's achievement has been several seasons long. Personally, I would like to see different categories such as a 3 year reward, and possibly a 5. Since, Klopp has definitely built up the Liverpool squad over time, and they were probably one of the favorites leading up to their title win. Although, I do believe Klopp is more deserving than Flick. As suggested, Liverpool were ONE of the favorites, because of their previous seasons, but Flick, and Bayern were favorites out of the league, and while they may have won everything put in front of them, their league is generally a little less strong than the premier league, at least in my opinion.

Bayern may have struggled, especially on the morale front,  but they certainly had a starting 11 probably better than most teams in the world, very much like Liverpool honestly. However, the difference is, Klopp brought in a lot of those players, or transformed them over a few seasons. While Flick, took over a team he largely inherited, and they were all world beaters. Bayern were never going to slump for that long. Plus, this season I've been impressed with Klopp even more so, ravaged by injuries, yet still sitting at the top of the league, and that's with the added audacity of having to use teenagers, that have really impressed when they've played. Obviously, Trent, Curtis were fairly established, but Rhys Williams, and even Nathan Phillips have really impressed so far.

[cygan]

the best player in the world has a bed that is too small - the german championship trophy (meisterschale) is clearly missing from the picture

[cygan]

Robert Lewandowski received/won another award last night
of course he is not only the best player in the world, but since yesterday also the sportsman of the year in his home country poland.
https://gol24.pl/robert-lewandowski-sportowcem-roku-2020-nasz-kapitan-odebral-nagrode-na-gali-mistrzow-sportu/ar/c2-15382386

[cygan]

Robert Lewandowski has now also been named to the 'team of the year', as have 4 (with Thiago as ex. bayern munich player) other bayern teammates of his.

[cygan]

today it's that time again and the fifa 'the best' football awards will be presented.
all awards are based on the period from october 8, 2020 to august 7, 2021 (or august 6 for the women's soccer awards), rather than performance in the calendar year 2021.

the candidates for the respective awards are:

fifa world player (men) 2021
Robert Lewandowski (bayern munich)
Lionel Messi (fc barcelona /paris saint-germain)
Mohamed Salah (fc liverpool)
titleholder: Robert Lewandowski

fifa world player (women) 2021
Jennifer Hermoso (fc barcelona)
Sam Kerr (fc chelsea)
Alexia Putellas (fc barcelona)
titleholder: Lucy Bronze

fifa world coach men 2021
Pep Guardiola (manchester city)
Roberto Mancini (italian national team)
Thomas Tuchel (fc chelsea)
titleholder: Jürgen Klopp

fifa world coach women 2021
Lluis Cortes (fc barcelona)
Emma Hayes (fc chelsea)
Sarina Wiegman (dutch/english women's national team)
titleholder: Sarina Wiegman

fifa world goalkeeper men 2021
Gianluigi Donnarumma (ac milan/paris saint-germain)
Edouard Mendy (fc chelsea)
Manuel Neuer (bayern munich)
titleholder: Manuel Neuer

fifa world goalkeeper women 2021
Ann-Katrin Berger (fc chelsea)
Christiane Endler (paris saint-germain/olympique lyon)
Stephanie Lynn Marie Labbé (fc rosengard/paris saint-germain)
titleholder: Sarah Bouhaddi

in addition, the fifa men's and women's world selections will be announced and the fifa fairplay award will be presented.
https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards

[mia_houston]

today it's that time again and the fifa 'the best' football awards will be presented.
all awards are based on the period from october 8, 2020 to august 7, 2021 (or august 6 for the women's soccer awards), rather than performance in the calendar year 2021.

the candidates for the respective awards are:

fifa world player (men) 2021
Robert Lewandowski (bayern munich)
Lionel Messi (fc barcelona /paris saint-germain)
Mohamed Salah (fc liverpool)
titleholder: Robert Lewandowski

fifa world player (women) 2021
Jennifer Hermoso (fc barcelona)
Sam Kerr (fc chelsea)
Alexia Putellas (fc barcelona)
titleholder: Lucy Bronze

fifa world coach men 2021
Pep Guardiola (manchester city)
Roberto Mancini (italian national team)
Thomas Tuchel (fc chelsea)
titleholder: Jürgen Klopp

fifa world coach women 2021
Lluis Cortes (fc barcelona)
Emma Hayes (fc chelsea)
Sarina Wiegman (dutch/english women's national team)
titleholder: Sarina Wiegman

fifa world goalkeeper men 2021
Gianluigi Donnarumma (ac milan/paris saint-germain)
Edouard Mendy (fc chelsea)
Manuel Neuer (bayern munich)
titleholder: Manuel Neuer

fifa world goalkeeper women 2021
Ann-Katrin Berger (fc chelsea)
Christiane Endler (paris saint-germain/olympique lyon)
Stephanie Lynn Marie Labbé (fc rosengard/paris saint-germain)
titleholder: Sarah Bouhaddi

in addition, the fifa men's and women's world selections will be announced and the fifa fairplay award will be presented.
https://www.fifa.com/the-best-fifa-football-awards

The event of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021 begins at 19.00 Swiss time, last year Lewandowski won the individual award after defeating Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, and now he also has to compete with Lionel Messi and Salah, although Messi managed to deliver Argentina won the Copa America and won the Ballon D'or award this year, but it looks like a strong competition for the award will only occur between Salah and Lewandowski at this time, because I think and we all know how Lewandowski and Salah are doing in helping their club this season and even now they are both listed as temporary top goalscorers in the English league and bundesliga football competitions in season 2021/22, besides I am waiting for which player to get the award, I am also quite curious who the coach deserves to be the best coach of the year, besides that of course we can me see the goal of the year (FIFA Puskas Award) which will be announced later.

[cygan]

Robert Lewandowski defended his title as world footballer and collected his next trophy
other awards went to:
Alexia Putellas (fc barcelona) - fifa world player (women) 2021
Thomas Tuchel (fc chelsea) - fifa world coach men 2021
Emma Hayes (fc chelsea) - fifa world coach women 2021
Edouard Mendy (fc chelsea) - fifa world goalkeeper men 2021
Christiane Endler (psg/o. lyon) - fifa world goalkeeper women 2021

[onecall123]

This year's Best FIFA Men's Player award goes to Robert Lewandowski. He is absolutely deserving, as the statistics clearly demonstrate. It has been Ronaldo and Messi that have been in the lead for so long, even in seasons when they were not better than Lewandowski. A lot of talented and gifted players exist all around the world, and some are truly remarkable. Congratulations to Robert Lewandowski on winning the FIFA Men's Player of the Year award for 2021. I am curious since this award is very appropriate for Robert Lewandowski, well deserved, and congratulations to the best player in the world.

[poldanmig]

This year's Best FIFA Men's Player award goes to Robert Lewandowski. He is absolutely deserving, as the statistics clearly demonstrate. It has been Ronaldo and Messi that have been in the lead for so long, even in seasons when they were not better than Lewandowski. A lot of talented and gifted players exist all around the world, and some are truly remarkable. Congratulations to Robert Lewandowski on winning the FIFA Men's Player of the Year award for 2021. I am curious since this award is very appropriate for Robert Lewandowski, well deserved, and congratulations to the best player in the world.

Congrats to Lewandowski who won the award as the best player of the year, this is Lewandowski's second award as the best player and he managed to match Ronaldinho and also ronaldo who have won the award for best player twice, I also think if it is very appropriate for Lewandowski to won the award this year, considering his fairly consistent performances in scoring goals and also helping Bayern Munich in both the league and European competitions.

[cygan]

argentina's world champion Lionel Messi entered the fifa gala as the absolute favorite for the title of 'best men player' and lived up to his billing (52 points). his psg attacking teammate Kylian Mbappé (44 points) and real madrid goal-scorer Karim Benzema (34 points) finished behind the 35-yo, who claimed this personal trophy for the seventh time.
below you can see the other points awarded. last year's winner Robert Lewandowski did not end up in the top10...

[Rruchi man]

argentina's world champion Lionel Messi entered the fifa gala as the absolute favorite for the title of 'best men player' and lived up to his billing (52 points). his psg attacking teammate Kylian Mbappé (44 points) and real madrid goal-scorer Karim Benzema (34 points) finished behind the 35-yo, who claimed this personal trophy for the seventh time.
below you can see the other points awarded. last year's winner Robert Lewandowski did not end up in the top10...

Messi has won another award that many people will consider controversial. This award makes it his seventh FIFA men's player award although I feel that Benzema or even Mbappe who also had a great world cup were more deserving of this award but because Messi is on the list, they just had to give it to him to add more honours to his career. These awards look now more like people voting who they like than who really performed. The next award has to be purely on performance because this season we have really seen some young players in hot form that deserve awards and recognition.

[Frankolala]

argentina's world champion Lionel Messi entered the fifa gala as the absolute favorite for the title of 'best men player' and lived up to his billing (52 points). his psg attacking teammate Kylian Mbappé (44 points) and real madrid goal-scorer Karim Benzema (34 points) finished behind the 35-yo, who claimed this personal trophy for the seventh time.
below you can see the other points awarded. last year's winner Robert Lewandowski did not end up in the top10...

Messi has won another award that many people will consider controversial. This award makes it his seventh FIFA men's player award although I feel that Benzema or even Mbappe who also had a great world cup were more deserving of this award but because Messi is on the list, they just had to give it to him to add more honours to his career. These awards look now more like people voting who they like than who really performed. The next award has to be purely on performance because this season we have really seen some young players in hot form that deserve awards and recognition.

Yea you are right,because Messi performed brilliantly in the world cup and this had made so many people happy for his success because the world cup is the greatest achievement, he has ever gotten. Voting base on choice shouldn't be what is used to qualify the winner.

Messi deserves it this time because it f you check his achievement this year was superb compared to Mbappe and Benzema. I believe he won't be the winner next year because there are so many young players that are becoming Messi's rival. Old age will also affect his performance in no time.

[mv1986]

argentina's world champion Lionel Messi entered the fifa gala as the absolute favorite for the title of 'best men player' and lived up to his billing (52 points). his psg attacking teammate Kylian Mbappé (44 points) and real madrid goal-scorer Karim Benzema (34 points) finished behind the 35-yo, who claimed this personal trophy for the seventh time.
below you can see the other points awarded. last year's winner Robert Lewandowski did not end up in the top10...

Messi has won another award that many people will consider controversial. This award makes it his seventh FIFA men's player award although I feel that Benzema or even Mbappe who also had a great world cup were more deserving of this award but because Messi is on the list, they just had to give it to him to add more honours to his career. These awards look now more like people voting who they like than who really performed. The next award has to be purely on performance because this season we have really seen some young players in hot form that deserve awards and recognition.

Yea you are right,because Messi performed brilliantly in the world cup and this had made so many people happy for his success because the world cup is the greatest achievement, he has ever gotten. Voting base on choice shouldn't be what is used to qualify the winner.

Messi deserves it this time because it f you check his achievement this year was superb compared to Mbappe and Benzema. I believe he won't be the winner next year because there are so many young players that are becoming Messi's rival. Old age will also affect his performance in no time.

I believe next year the list will change quite a bit. I just read again how the voting works because sometimes I thought that there could also corruption be involved to a certain degree. Now I do think that Mbappe as an individual player would have deserved it and big tournaments play a role. But when you think about it there is also some unfairness to that because playing for France or Argentina is much different than playing for Norway like Haaland. Haaland's statistics were also outstanding, but in the end it is also quite a subjective voting, which in the case of the FIFA reward makes it quite fair I think because so many interest groups are involved:

"The award differs from the Ballon d’Or in letting fans vote for their favorite player and coach. In this case, fans, coaches of all the national teams, captains of those teams, and 300 journalists worldwide vote for who is the best. Each of the four gets 25% of the selection, making it more open to interpretation"

Now you could still argue that fans' votings are also a question of your social media presence and the time you have had to build it up.
Messi has 435 million followers on Instagram and Mbappe has a little less than 100 million. I think it is quite obvious who scored the most points there.

Mbappe's time will also come very soon. The race is probably soon between him and Haaland. Although Mbappe's presence in the champions league could be over in just a couple of days for the first half of the year.

[slackovic]

I believe next year the list will change quite a bit. I just read again how the voting works because sometimes I thought that there could also corruption be involved to a certain degree. Now I do think that Mbappe as an individual player would have deserved it and big tournaments play a role. But when you think about it there is also some unfairness to that because playing for France or Argentina is much different than playing for Norway like Haaland. Haaland's statistics were also outstanding, but in the end it is also quite a subjective voting, which in the case of the FIFA reward makes it quite fair I think because so many interest groups are involved:

"The award differs from the Ballon d’Or in letting fans vote for their favorite player and coach. In this case, fans, coaches of all the national teams, captains of those teams, and 300 journalists worldwide vote for who is the best. Each of the four gets 25% of the selection, making it more open to interpretation"

Now you could still argue that fans' votings are also a question of your social media presence and the time you have had to build it up.
Messi has 435 million followers on Instagram and Mbappe has a little less than 100 million. I think it is quite obvious who scored the most points there.

Mbappe's time will also come very soon. The race is probably soon between him and Haaland. Although Mbappe's presence in the champions league could be over in just a couple of days for the first half of the year.

When fans are voting for some award, you can bet that their votes will be influenced by media presence of some players. That's just the way us humans are. When we see a lot of media articles about Messi being the greatest player of all time, most of us will automatically accept it and vote for him. I'm sure that if Modrić was from nation other than Croatia, he would have won much more awards in his career than he did. The same goes for Haaland.

[mv1986]

I believe next year the list will change quite a bit. I just read again how the voting works because sometimes I thought that there could also corruption be involved to a certain degree. Now I do think that Mbappe as an individual player would have deserved it and big tournaments play a role. But when you think about it there is also some unfairness to that because playing for France or Argentina is much different than playing for Norway like Haaland. Haaland's statistics were also outstanding, but in the end it is also quite a subjective voting, which in the case of the FIFA reward makes it quite fair I think because so many interest groups are involved:

"The award differs from the Ballon d’Or in letting fans vote for their favorite player and coach. In this case, fans, coaches of all the national teams, captains of those teams, and 300 journalists worldwide vote for who is the best. Each of the four gets 25% of the selection, making it more open to interpretation"

Now you could still argue that fans' votings are also a question of your social media presence and the time you have had to build it up.
Messi has 435 million followers on Instagram and Mbappe has a little less than 100 million. I think it is quite obvious who scored the most points there.

Mbappe's time will also come very soon. The race is probably soon between him and Haaland. Although Mbappe's presence in the champions league could be over in just a couple of days for the first half of the year.

When fans are voting for some award, you can bet that their votes will be influenced by media presence of some players. That's just the way us humans are. When we see a lot of media articles about Messi being the greatest player of all time, most of us will automatically accept it and vote for him. I'm sure that if Modrić was from nation other than Croatia, he would have won much more awards in his career than he did. The same goes for Haaland.

Yes, I mean to be fair the followings these guys like Messi and Ronaldo have are the consequences of their achievements. Hadn't they been these godlike played, they wouldn't have had those followings in the first place. But at some point down the road these followings snowball into further success when it comes to votings. Hardcore Messi fans will vote for Messi even when they know he hasn't quite made the cut. But I still think that distributing the voting weight among different groups of interest is still the best way to go about those prices. We all know what can happen if you have a tiny jury of maybe 20 people or so. The talks would be about bribery or even political influence all day long. Imagine you are French and part of the jury, you could probably not show up in public anymore when you voted for Messi instead of Mbappe.

[swogerino]

It was only normal for Messi to win it this year,he was in competition with Mbappe and Benzema and they did play against each other in the final of the World Cup where Messi and Argentina were the better team and they were world Champions.Also France did not convince as much as Argentina did during the World Cup,well except the opening game against Saudi Arabia and then they were on fire from a perfect game to another and this of course had its own weight in this year FIFA awards,so I think the choice is correct for this year.

[slackovic]

Yes, I mean to be fair the followings these guys like Messi and Ronaldo have are the consequences of their achievements. Hadn't they been these godlike played, they wouldn't have had those followings in the first place. But at some point down the road these followings snowball into further success when it comes to votings. Hardcore Messi fans will vote for Messi even when they know he hasn't quite made the cut. But I still think that distributing the voting weight among different groups of interest is still the best way to go about those prices. We all know what can happen if you have a tiny jury of maybe 20 people or so. The talks would be about bribery or even political influence all day long. Imagine you are French and part of the jury, you could probably not show up in public anymore when you voted for Messi instead of Mbappe.

Of course. I'm not saying that the voting system is wrong. It's much better to have more people voting than a 10 or 20 people that can be influenced by money or otherwise. I was just saying that fan voting can't be consider serious because fans are influenced by their emotions. I'm sure that 99% of Argentinian fans voted for Messi just because he is their. I don't actually know how and which fans were selected to vote, but I'm sure that if I was voting, I would vote for Modrić because he is from Croatia.

[LTU_btc]

Of course. I'm not saying that the voting system is wrong. It's much better to have more people voting than a 10 or 20 people that can be influenced by money or otherwise. I was just saying that fan voting can't be consider serious because fans are influenced by their emotions. I'm sure that 99% of Argentinian fans voted for Messi just because he is their. I don't actually know how and which fans were selected to vote, but I'm sure that if I was voting, I would vote for Modrić because he is from Croatia.

It's probably impossible to make perfect voting system simply because people always will be biased. And it doesn't matter who are they - players, managers, journalists or just regular fans. And when it we have people from more than 200 asociations voting, it's popularity and personal preferences contest. And when we have players or managers from countries like Gibraltar, Maldives or Guam (with all respect) who aren't professionals and football is just hobby for them, probably they're not much different from fans like your or me.
I think now it's impossible that defender would win this award, like Fabio Cannavaro did in 2006.

[logfiles]

I'm sure that if Modrić was from nation other than Croatia,  he would have won much more awards in his career than he did.

Modric has been exceptional, but probably his midfield position does not favour him like it would with the strikers. These days, it's just mostly about Goals and assists and the media goes Crazy

I miss the old days when goalkeepers and defenders would also be close contenders

The same goes for Haaland.

Haaland is still young, he's destined for greatness regardless of his country. He just has to keep breaking records.