Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk are among the men's players who are heading the FIFA Best Awards nominations, which was released on Wednesday. The FIFA Best Awards will be presented in Milan on September 23.
Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel Messi also made it to the shortlist for the men's award. Ronaldo won the award in 2016 and 2017.
Paris St Germain's Kylian Mbappe, Tottenham's Harry Kane and Belgian Eden Hazard are also in run.
In the women's category, Alex Morgan of team USA and coach Jill Ellis have been nominated for the female player and women's coach awards respectively following the USA's Women's World Cup win in France.
Liverpool Jurgen Klopp, along with Manchester City's Pep Guardiola and Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino, has been nominated for coach of the year. Liverpool won the Champions League in the last season and also ended in the second position in the Premier League.
The FIFA Best Awards recognise the best players of the last season. It was previously called FIFA World Player of the Year award and was later renamed the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 and The Best in 2016.
The Best FIFA Men's Player
Cristiano Ronaldo (POR/Juventus); Frenkie de Jong (NED/Ajax/Barcelona); Matthijs de Ligt (NED/Ajax/Juventus); Eden Hazard (BEL/Chelsea/Real Madrid); Harry Kane (ENG/Tottenham); Sadio Mane (SEN/Liverpool); Kylian Mbappe (FRA/Paris Saint-Germain); Lionel Messi (ARG/Barcelona); Mohamed Salah (EGY/Liverpool); Virgil van Dijk (NED/Liverpool)
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The Best FIFA Women's Player
Lucy Bronze (ENG/Lyon); Julie Ertz (USA/Chicago Red Stars); Caroline Graham Hansen (NOR/Wolfsburg/Barcelona); Ada Hegerberg (NOR/Lyon); Amandine Henry (FRA/Lyon); Sam Kerr (AUS/Chicago Red Stars/Perth Glory); Rose Lavelle (USA/Washington Spirit); Vivianne Miedema (NED/Arsenal); Alex Morgan (USA/Orlando Pride); Megan Rapinoe (USA/Reign FC); Wendie Renard (FRA/Lyon); Ellen White (ENG/Birmingham City/Manchester City)
The Best FIFA Men's Coach
Djamel Belmadi (ALG/Algerian national team); Didier Deschamps (FRA/French national team); Marcelo Gallardo (ARG/River Plate); Ricardo Gareca (ARG/Peruvian national team); Pep Guardiola (ESP/Manchester City); Jurgen Klopp (GER/Liverpool); Mauricio Pochettino (ARG/Tottenham); Fernando Santos (POR/Portuguese national team); Erik ten Hag (NED/Ajax); Tite (BRA/Brazilian national team)
The Best FIFA Women's Coach
Milena Bertolini (ITA/Italian national team), Jill Ellis (USA/USA national team), Peter Gerhardsson (SWE/Swedish national team), Futoshi Ikeda (JPN/Japanese U-20 national team); Antonia 'Tona' Is (ESP/Spanish U-17 national team), Joe Montemurro (AUS/Arsenal), Phil Neville (ENG/English national team), Reynald Pedros (FRA/Lyon), Paul Riley (ENG/North Carolina Courage), Sarina Wiegman (NED/Dutch national team).
(With inputs from agencies)
