Amuneke, Kaka, Drogba In FIFA Panel To Pick 2018 FIFA World Best Player

The Full List of FIFA panel for Best Footballer(Men)

Nigeria’s ex-international Emmanuel Amuneke, Brazilian’s Ricardo Kaká  and Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba have been named by FIFA today as members of one of the two panels to shortlist candidates for Men’s Footballers and Coaches of the year for the 2017/18 season Naija News understands.

Galaxy of stars join #TheBest 2018 judging panel – Read all about it!https://t.co/dQXdE4yCdc

— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) July 4, 2018

The Best FIFA Football Awards is the premier annual awards celebration held by football’s world governing body. The men’s panel also includes legends Ronaldo, Fabio Capello and Frank Lampard,  amongst others.  The judges will shortlist 10 candidates for each category, which will be unveiled on 23 July 2018 – with a public vote opening on the same day.

And here are the panels for the #Puskas award, the FIFA Fan Award and #TheBest FIFA Goalkeeper Award 🧤

Some huge names here too! pic.twitter.com/wyvLcxxphp

— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) July 4, 2018

Football fans, national team captains, head coaches and more than 200 media representatives will then cast their votes to decide who will be crowned the best players and coaches in the men’s and women’s games from last season.

With the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia currently showcasing the finest footballing talent on the planet, the race for the Best FIFA Football Awards is even more intense and the showpiece event will take on added significance when it returns to London for a second time on 24 September 2018.

At last year’s awards, Cristiano Ronaldo picked up the Best Men’s Player Award, Netherlands’ Lieke Martens was crowned Best Women’s Player, French icon Zinédine Zidane was named Best Men’s Coach and the Netherlands’ Sarina Wiegman was Best Women’s Coach.

Separate panels will shortlist candidates for the Best FIFA Goalkeeper Award, the FIFA Puskás Award and the FIFA Fan Award, with the winner of the Best FIFA Goalkeeper Award chosen by a panel of FIFA Legends. The FIFA Puskás Award, handed out to the player judged to have scored the best goal of the year, is also determined by fans’ votes.

The panels who will decide #TheBest shortlists have been announced! 🙌🏆

Some amazing names will be choosing the candidates for the men's and women's player and coach awards 👀 pic.twitter.com/vXLkPcU5Q0

— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) July 4, 2018

The voting process for the men’s and women’s awards will open on July 23 and close on August 10. FIFA will  also announce the final lists of the three nominees for each of the four categories listed above – as well as for the FIFA Puskás Award, the FIFA Fan Award and the Best FIFA Goalkeeper Award – in September.

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