The Best Awards are the annual recognition by FIFA to the top players and coaches in the world. Since January of 2017, this ceremony appeared as an alternative for the Ballon d’Or when France Football broke their partnership with FIFA.
Undoubtedly, the most expected prize is the one for Men’s Player of the Year. That distinction has been won by stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo (2016, 2017), Lionel Messi (2019), Robert Lewandowski (2020, 2021) and Luka Modric (2018).
Now, towards the 2022 The Best Awards, a panel of experts selected the candidates and left out very important names. It’s important to remember that it was a year which included the World Cup at Qatar. Read here to find out who are the biggest snubs for the ceremony that will be held on February 27, 2023.
Who are the biggest snubs for the 2022 The Best FIFA Awards?
First of all, these are the nominees forThe Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2022.Julian Alvarez (Argentina/River Plate/Manchester City), Jude Bellingham (England/Borussia Dortmund), Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid), Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium / Manchester City), Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco/PSG), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich/FC Barcelona), Sadio Mané (Senegal/ Liverpool/Bayern Munich), Kylian Mbappé (France/PSG), Lionel Messi (Argentina/PSG), Luka Modric(Croatia/ Real Madrid), Neymar (Brazil/PSG), Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool) and Vinicius (Brazil/Real Madrid).
For example, Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t make the cut considering he had a very difficult year at the club level with Manchester United. Still, he was third top scorer in the 2021-2022 Premier League. The 37-year oldleft the team before the World Cup and later he signed for Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia. However, the Portuguese legend achieved twomajor milestones in his career. First player ever to score at least a goal in five different editions of the World Cup and one of six players to participate in it five times.
Josko Gvardiol (Croatia), Olivier Giroud (France), Cody Gakpo (Netherlands), Richarlison (Brazil), Casemiro (Brazil), Bukayo Saka (England), Declan Rice (England), Bono (Morocco) and Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco) are other players who had a great World Cup but weren’t considered amongthe finalists. Ciro Immobile (Napoli), Pedri (FC Barcelona), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Son Heung-Min (Tottenham) Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) andPatrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) were sensational at the club level in 2022, but also are not in the list.
