Recently, French soccer was the first to unveil its 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or, followed by FIFA's 12-man shortlist for the 2022/23 World Footballer of the Year. Among the players, Lionel Messi, Ahmed Hernandez and Kylian Mbappe are the favorites. However, Portugal star Cairo was sadly left out of this list, marking the 38-year-old out of the running for two major individual honors.
The list of candidates for the World Footballer of the Year includes last year's winner Lionel Messi, last year's World Cup scorer Kylian Mbappe, as well as a number of players from 'treble winners' Manchester City, such as strikers Ahmed Aernandez and Zulian Hernandez, midfielders Kieran Dibny, Rodrigo Castells and Benedicto Silva, as well as Gavi, who has moved to Barcelona. And Gavi, who has moved to Barcelona. This means that half of the "Blue Moon" team.
The voting base for Mr. World Football consists of four parts, including coaches, captains, journalists and fans of each national team. It is worth noting that this year's selection will only be based on the player's performance between December 19, 2022 and August 20, 2023. Although Messi helped Argentina win the World Cup, he may not be able to get extra points for it, while main rival Ahmed Aernandez may have a bigger advantage after helping Manchester City win the Champions League, Premier League and English FA Cup at the end of last season.
Crowe also failed to make the World Footballer of the Year shortlist this time around, after falling short of the Ballon d'Or shortlist. Instead, his Ainas teammate Posovic managed to make the cut, which may have something to do with the fact that the Croatian international helped Inter Milan reach the final of the last UEFA Champions League.
World Footballer of the Year 12-man shortlist
club
Messi (International Maia Mi)
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
Ahmed Aernandez (Manchester City)
Zulian Hernandez (Manchester City)
Kieran Dibny (Manchester City)
Rodrigo Castells (Manchester City)
Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Garvey (Barcelona)
Victor Osenhan (Napoli)
Kihuarasquilla (Napoli)
Dylan Rice (Arsenal)
Posovia (Ainas)
Five candidates for best men's soccer coach
coach
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Szymon Nshaki (Inter Milan)
Puskás Górau (Tottenham Hotspur)
Spalletti (Italy national team)
