US EditionThe Best FIFA Football Awards 2025: Full List of Nominees
Nominations for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2025 highlight top players and coaches based on performances from August 2024 to August 2025 across international and club competitions.
- On August 2, 2025, FIFA released the 2025 nominee lists for individual prizes including Best Men's and Women's Player, covering achievements from August 11, 2024 to August 2, 2025.
- Selection panels weighed Champions League and domestic form, with nominations reflecting performances in the Champions League, domestic leagues and the Women’s Euro 2025 plus the Men’s Club World Cup.
- Shortlists name stars such as Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmaté, goalkeepers including Alisson Becker, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Emiliano Martínez and Manuel Neuer, and coaches like Mikel Arteta, Luis Enrique, Hansi Flick and Sarina Wiegman.
- Notably, Vinicius Junior, 2024 Best FIFA Men's Player, is not nominated this time, while previous winners Ousmane Dembélé and Aitana Bonmaté are favourites to win again.
- With the Ballon d'Or held earlier this year, FIFA's awards sit alongside it, and FIFA will announce The Puskás Award contenders at a later date.
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The list of nominees was unveiled this Thursday by the Fifa.
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