Nigeria and SSC Napoli sharpshooter, Victor Osimhen, made the list of twelve (12) nominees for the Best FIFA Men’s Player.
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The List of Nominees:
- Julian Alvarez (Argentina): Won the 2022-23 English Premier League | Won the 2022-23 English FA Cup | Won the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League | Became the first player to win the FIFA World Cup™ and a European treble in the same season
- Marcelo Brozovic (Croatia): 2022-23 UEFA Champions League runner-up | Won the 2022 Supercoppa Italiana | Won the 2022-23 Coppa Italia | 2022-23 UEFA Nations League runner-up | Named Player of the Match in the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League final
- Kevin de Bruyne (Belgium): Won the 2022-23 English Premier League | Won the 2022-23 English FA Cup | Came top in the 2022-23 English Premier League assists chart | Won the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League | Named in the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season
- Ilkay Gundogan (Germany): Won the 2022-23 English Premier League | Won the 2022-23 English FA Cup | Won the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League
- Erling Braut Haaland (Norway): Won the 2022-23 English Premier League & FA Cup | Won the 2022-23 EPL Golden Boot | Set record for most goals scored in an EPL season | Won the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League | 2022-23 UEFA Champions League top scorer | Won the 2022-23 European Golden Shoe
- Rodri (Spain): Won the 2022-23 English Premier League and FA Cup | Won the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League and named Player of the Tournament | Won the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League and named Player of the Season | Scored winning goal in 2022-23 UEFA Champions League final
- Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Georgia): Won the 2022-23 Italian Serie A | Named 2022-23 Serie A Most Valuable Player | Named in the 2022-23 Serie A Team of the Season | Awarded 2022-23 Serie A Goal of the Season | Named 2022-23 UEFA Champions League Young Player of the Season
- Kylian Mbappe (France): Won the 2022-23 French Ligue 1 | Named 2022-23 Ligue 1 Player of the Year | 2022-23 Ligue 1 top scorer
- Lionel Messi (Argentina): Won the 2022-23 French Ligue 1 | Named in the 2022-23 Ligue 1 Team of the Year | Came top in the 2022-23 Ligue 1 assists chart | Scored his 100th goal for Argentina | Became the all-time top scorer in the top five European leagues
- Victor Osimhen (Nigeria): Won the 2022-23 Italian Serie A | 2022-23 Serie A top scorer | Named in the 2022-23 Serie A Team of the Season
- Declan Rice (England): Won the 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League | Named 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League Player of the Season | Named in the 2022-23 UEFA Europa Conference League Team of the Season
- Bernardo Silva (Portugal): Won the 2022-23 English Premier League | Won the 2022-23 English FA Cup | Won the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League | Named in the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League Team of the Season
According to fifa.com:
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023™ are coming into view, with voting for several of the prestigious honours getting under way on 14 September.Fans of the beautiful game from across the globe will be able to cast their vote in a number of categories as FIFA crowns the leading performers from women’s and men’s football.The qualifying period for the women’s awards – Best Women’s Player, Best Women’s Coach and Best Women’s Goalkeeper – was from 1 August 2022 to 20 August 2023, the date of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final.For the men’s awards – Best Men’s Player, Best Men’s Coach and Best Men’s Goalkeeper – the qualifying period was between 19 December 2022 to 20 August 2023.Fan voting in all of the above categories will commence via FIFA’s digital platforms on 14 September when the respective shortlisted nominees are announced, along with The FIFA Fan award.Voting for The FIFA Puskás Award, which will be presented to the scorer of the best goal in the relevant qualifying period – between 19 December 2022 and 20 August 2023 – will take place from 21 September.
