The Best FIFA Football Awards

by Rob Williams, 17 Apr, 2018

The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017

The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017 was held on October 23, 2017, at London Palladium, London, England. The ceremony was hosted by Idris Elba and Layla Anna-Lee.

A panel of experts on men’s football representing various FIFA and external football stakeholders compiled a shortlist of 24 male players were announced for The Best FIFA Men’s Player on 17 August. The three finalists Ronaldo, Messi, and Neymar were announced on September 22, 2017.

Real Madrid's star, Cristiano Ronaldo won the award with over 43% votes. The selection criteria for the award was set as per the sporting performance, as well as general conduct on and off the pitch from 20 November 2016 to 2 July 2017.

Rank	Name	Club(s) played for	National team	Percent
The finalists
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Portugal	43.16%
2	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	Argentina	19.25%
3	Neymar	Barcelona Paris Saint-Germain	Brazil	6.97%
Other candidates
4	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	Italy	6.82%
5	Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid	Spain	3.34%
6	Luka Modri?	Real Madrid	Croatia	3.33%
7	Toni Kroos	Real Madrid	Germany	2.70%
8	Marcelo	Real Madrid	Brazil	2.09%
9	N'Golo Kanté	Chelsea	France	1.35%
10	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Uruguay	1.19%
11	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Borussia Dortmund	Gabon	1.10%
12	Paulo Dybala	Juventus	Argentina	1.07%
13	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	Belgium	1.03%
14	Zlatan Ibrahimovi?	Manchester United	Sweden	0.82%
15	Andrés Iniesta	Barcelona	Spain	0.82%
16	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	Poland	0.77%
17	Antoine Griezmann	Atlético Madrid	France	0.67%
18	Dani Carvajal	Real Madrid	Spain	0.62%
19	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	Germany	0.58%
20	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid	Costa Rica	0.56%
21	Arturo Vidal	Bayern Munich	Chile	0.51%
22	Leonardo Bonucci	Juventus Milan	Italy	0.47%
23	Alexis Sánchez	Arsenal	Chile	0.45%
24	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	England	0.33%

Gianluigi Buffon won the award for the 2017 Best Goalkeeper Award with over 42% of the vote. Gianluigi Buffon, Manuel Neuer, and Keylor Navas were listed top three finalist for the Award.

The selection criteria was based on the best goalkeeper, regardless of championship or nationality, for his achievements during the period from 20 November 2016 to 2 July 2017 inclusive.

Rank	Name	Club(s) played for	National team	Percent
The finalists
1	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus	Italy	42.42%
2	Manuel Neuer	Bayern Munich	Germany	32.32%
3	Keylor Navas	Real Madrid	Costa Rica	10.10%
Other candidates
4	Thibaut Courtois	Chelsea	Belgium	9.09%
5	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur	France	3.03%
6	Jan Oblak	Atlético Madrid	Slovenia	2.02%
7	Marc-André ter Stegen	Barcelona	Germany	1.01%
8	Alisson	Roma	Brazil	0.01%
9	Alireza Beiranvand	Persepolis	Iran	0.0%
	Alfonso Blanco	Pachuca	Mexico
	Claudio Bravo	Manchester City	Chile
	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Milan	Italy
	Ederson	Benfica	Brazil
	Fabrice Ondoa	Manchester City	Cameroon
	Danijel Subaši?	Sevilla Atlético	Croatia

The three finalist from the twelve candidates were announced on September 22, 2017. The selection criteria for the men’s football coaches was decided as per the performance and general behavior of their teams on and off the pitch from 20 November 2016 to 2 July 2017.

Zinedine Zidane won the award with over 46% of the vote beating Antonio Conte and Ma s similiano Allegri.

Rank	Name	Team (s) managed	Percent
1	Zinedine Zidane	Real Madrid	46.22%
2	Antonio Conte	Chelsea	11.62%
3	Italy Ma s similiano Allegri	Italy Juventus	8.78%
4	Joachim Löw	Germany	7.40%
5	José Mourinho	Manchester United	5.28%
6	Leonardo Jardim	France Monaco	4.84%
7	Carlo Ancelotti	Bayern Munich	3.62%
8	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	2.88%
9	Tite	Brazil	2.87%
10	Diego Simeone	Atlético Madrid	2.77%
11	Luis Enrique	Barcelona	2.00%
12	Mauricio Pochettino	Tottenham Hotspur	1.72%

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The Best FIFA Football Awards

The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017

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