The Argentine Lionel Messi (Barcelona/PSG), the Brazilian Neymar (PSG), the French Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), and Kylian Mbappé (PSG), and the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus Turin/Manchester United), are among the eleven candidates for the FIFA Best Player 2021 award, as announced by this organization.
Along with them, among the candidates for best player of 2021, are the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), the Polish Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), the Norwegian Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund), the French N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), the Italian-Brazilian Jorginho (Chelsea), and the Egyptian Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).
In the "The Best" category for best goalkeeper, the nominees are the Brazilian Alisson Becker (Liverpool), the Italian Gialuigo Donnarumma (Milan/PSG), the Senegalese Edouard Mendy (Chelsea), the German Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), and the Danish Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester).
When will The Best Awards be?
The winners will be chosen by the votes of "football lovers" who can vote until midnight on December 10.
The three finalists for each category will be announced "in early January 2022" and the award ceremony will take place in Zurich on January 17.
No Spaniard in The Best
No Spanish footballer is on that list, despite Spain being a finalist in the Nations League and a semifinalist in the last European Championship.