Klopp faces Guardiola as Ronaldo, Messi, Salah battle for Best FIFA’s Men’s award

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.

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.

The Best FIFA Men’s Player nominees
Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) – Juventus

Frenkie de Jong (NED) – Ajax / FC Barcelona
Matthijs de Ligt (NED) – Ajax / Juventus

Eden Hazard (BEL) – Chelsea / Real Madrid

Harry Kane (ENG) – Tottenham Hotspur

Sadio Mane (SEN) – Liverpool

Kylian Mbappe (FRA) – Paris Saint-Germain

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