Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah have been named on the ten-man list for 2019 Best FIFA Player of the year award.
Virgil van Dijk and Sadiq Mane joined their Champions League Liverpool colleague, Salah on the list.
Kylian Mbappe, Eden Hazard and Dutch duo Matthijs de Ligt and Frenkie de Jong have also made the shortlist.
FIFA announced these nominated lists on Wednesday.
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The winner will be confirmed in Milan on September 23.
Liverpool’s FC manager, Jürgen Klopp as well as Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino of Manchester City and Tottenham are among the ten-man list for the 2019 Best FIFA Men’s coach award.
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Klopp secured his first trophy as Liverpool boss with a 2-0 victory over Pochettino’s Tottenham in Madrid in the 2018/19 Uefa Champions League final in June.
Djamel Belmadi, Algeria’s Africa Cup of Nations winning coach also made the cut for the Best FIFA Men’s coach list.
Meanwhile, current Women’s FIFA Best player of the Year, Ada Hegerberg is joined by England duo Lucy Bronze and Ellen White, USA stars Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Rose Lavelle and Julie Ertz for this year nominated list.
Bronze also helped Lyon to the treble last season while White scored six times for England at the World Cup.
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The Best FIFA Men’s Player nominees
Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) – Juventus
Frenkie de Jong (NED) – Ajax / FC Barcelona Matthijs de Ligt (NED) – Ajax / Juventus
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Eden Hazard (BEL) – Chelsea / Real Madrid
Harry Kane (ENG) – Tottenham Hotspur
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Sadio Mane (SEN) – Liverpool
Kylian Mbappe (FRA) – Paris Saint-Germain
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Lionel Messi (ARG) – FC Barcelona
Mohamed Salah (EGY) – Liverpool
Virgil van Dijk (NED) – Liverpool
The Best FIFA Women’s Player nominees
Lucy Bronze (ENG) – Olympique Lyonnais
Julie Ertz (USA) – Chicago Red Stars
Caroline Graham Hansen (NOR) – Wolfsburg / FC Barcelona
Ada Hegerberg (NOR) – Olympique Lyonnais Amandine Henry (FRA) – Olympique Lyonnais
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) – Olympique Lyonnais
Ellen White (ENG) – Birmingham City / Manchester City
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach nominees
Djamel Belmadi (ALG) – Algeria national team Didier Deschamps (FRA) – France national team Marcelo Gallardo (ARG) – River Plate
Ricardo Gareca (ARG) – Peru national team
Pep Guardiola (ESP) – Manchester City
Jurgen Klopp (GER) – Liverpool
Mauricio Pochettino (ARG) – Tottenham Hotspur Fernando Santos (POR) – Portugal national team Erik ten Hag (NED) – Ajax
Tite (BRA) – Brazil national team
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach nominees
Milena Bertolini (ITA) – Italy national team
Jill Ellis (USA) – USA national team
Peter Gerhardsson (SWE) – Sweden national team
Futoshi Ikeda (JPN) – Japan U-20 national team
Antonia Is (ESP) – Spain U-17 national team
Joe Montemurro (AUS) – Arsenal
Phil Neville (ENG) – England national team
Reynald Pedros (FRA) – Olympique Lyonnais
Paul Riley (ENG) – North Carolina Courage
Sarina Wiegman (NED) – Netherlands national team
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