Nigerian football star Victor Osimhen has bagged a nomination for another top award, this time, the 2023 FIFA Best Men’s Player award.
The nomination comes a few weeks after he was shortlisted for the Ballon d’Or (arguably football’s biggest prize). Also on the FIFA best shortlist is football superstar Lionel Messi, UEFA Best Player Erling Haaland, French star Kylian Mbappe, among others.
FIFA also unveiled nominees in other categories including Best Women’s Player, Best Men’s Goalkeeper, Best Women’s Goalkeeper, Best Men’s Coach and Best Women’s Coach.
Find all the nominees in the FIFA tweets below:
Best Men’s Player
#TheBest FIFA Men's Player Nominees! ๐๐
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) September 14, 2023
๐ฆ๐ท Julian Alvarez
๐ญ๐ท Marcelo Brozovic
๐ง๐ช Kevin De Bruyne
๐ฉ๐ช Ilkay Gundogan
๐ณ๐ด Erling Haaland
๐ช๐ธ Rodri
๐ฌ๐ช Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
๐ซ๐ท Kylian Mbappe
๐ฆ๐ท Lionel Messi
๐ณ๐ฌ Victor Osimhen
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Declan Rice
๐ต๐น Bernardo Silva
Best Women’s Player
Presenting #TheBest FIFA Women's Player Nominees ๐๐
— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) September 14, 2023
๐ช๐ธ Aitana Bonmati
๐จ๐ด Linda Caicedo
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Rachel Daly
๐ซ๐ท Kadidiatou Diani
๐ฆ๐บ Caitlin Foord
๐ฆ๐บ Mary Fowler
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Alex Greenwood
๐ช๐ธ Jennifer Hermoso
๐บ๐ธ Lindsey Horan
๐ธ๐ช Amanda Ilestedt
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Lauren James
๐ฆ๐บ Sam Kerr
๐ช๐ธ Mapi Leon
๐ฏ๐ตโฆ
Best Men’s Goalkeeper
#TheBest FIFA Men's Goalkeeper Nominees! ๐๐งค
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) September 14, 2023
๐ฒ๐ฆ Yassine Bounou
๐ง๐ช Thibaut Courtois
๐ง๐ท Ederson
๐จ๐ฒ Andre Onana
๐ฉ๐ช Marc-Andre ter Stegen
Best Women’s Goalkeeper
Presenting #TheBest FIFA Women's Coach Nominees. ๐ ๐
— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) September 14, 2023
๐ธ๐ช Peter Gerhardsson
๐ช๐ธ Jonatan Giraldez
๐ธ๐ช Tony Gustavsson
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Emma Hayes
๐ณ๐ฑ Sarina Wiegman
Best Men’s Coach
#TheBest FIFA Men's Coach Nominees! ๐๐
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) September 14, 2023
๐ช๐ธ Pep Guardiola
๐ฎ๐น Simone Inzaghi
๐ฆ๐บ Ange Postecoglou
๐ฎ๐น Luciano Spalletti
๐ช๐ธ Xavi
Best Women’s Coach
Presenting #TheBest FIFA Women's Goalkeeper Nominees. ๐๐งค
— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) September 14, 2023
๐ฆ๐บ Mackenzie Arnold
๐ฉ๐ช Ann-Katrin Berger
๐ช๐ธ Catalina Coll
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Mary Earps
๐จ๐ฑ Christiane Endler
๐ธ๐ช Zecira Musovic
๐ช๐ธ Sandra Panos Garcia-Villamil
Meanwhile fans can vote for their preferred nominees across all categories here.