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The Best FIFA Women's Player
The Best FIFA Women's Player is a football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, since 2016, to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. From 2001 to 2015, the award was known as the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year. History The selection criteria for the players of the year are: sporting performance, as well as general conduct on and off the pitch. The votes are decided by media representatives, national team coaches, and national team captains. In October 2016, it was announced that the general public would also be allowed to vote. Each group has 25% of the overall vote. At the 2017 awards, 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Bronze Ball and Bronze Shoe winner and amateur club player Deyna Castellanos was nominated. Professional players Megan Rapinoe and Sam Kerr criticized the nomination. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia and Australia), UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean), OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL (South America). FIFA outlines a number of objectives in the organizational Statutes, including growing association football internationally, providing efforts to ensure it is accessible to everyone, and advocating for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017 were held on 23 October 2017 in London, United Kingdom. The ceremony was held at the London Palladium and was hosted by Idris Elba and Layla Anna-Lee. Cristiano Ronaldo, Lieke Martens, Gianluigi Buffon, Zinedine Zidane and Sarina Wiegman were among the award-winners. Winners and nominees The Best FIFA Men's Player A panel of experts on men's football representing various FIFA and external football stakeholders compiled a shortlist of 24 male players for The Best FIFA Men's Player. The 24 candidates were announced on 17 August. The three finalists were announced on 22 September 2017. Cristiano Ronaldo won the award with over 43% of the vote. The selection criteria for the men's players of the year were: sporting performance, as well as general conduct on and off the pitch from 20 November 2016 to 2 July 2017. The Best FIFA Goalkeeper A panel of experts on football representing various FIFA and external football stakeholders compiled a sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pernille Harder (footballer)
Pernille Mosegaard Harder (born 15 November 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for FA Women's Super League club Chelsea and the Denmark national team. In September 2020, she became the world's most expensive female footballer following her transfer from VfL Wolfsburg to Chelsea, but the record was broken in September 2022 by Keira Walsh when she was signed to Barcelona . Harder, who is also known for her LGBTQ+ advocacy, won the UEFA Women's Player of the Year Award in 2018 and 2020. Club career Denmark Harder played for Team Viborg and IK Skovbakken in her native Denmark's Elitedivisionen. Skovbakken had made Harder and her contemporary Sofie Junge Pedersen contracted players in April 2010, in recognition of their exceptional potential. Linköpings FC Harder chose Swedish club Linköpings FC for her next destination because she wanted a new challenge, but also because she wanted to remain in Scandinavia. In Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020 were held on 17 December 2020. The ceremony was held virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Winners and nominees The Best FIFA Men's Player Eleven players were shortlisted on 25 November 2020. The three finalists were revealed on 11 December 2020. Robert Lewandowski won the award with 52 rank points. The selection criteria for the men's players of the year was: respective achievements during the period from 20 July 2019 to 7 October 2020. The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper Six players were shortlisted on 25 November 2020. The three finalists were revealed on 11 December 2020. Manuel Neuer won the award with 28 rank points. The Best FIFA Men's Coach Five coaches were initially shortlisted on 25 November 2020. The three finalists were revealed on 11 December 2020. Jürgen Klopp won the award with 24 rank points. The Best FIFA Women's Player Eleven players were shortlisted on 25 November 2020. The three finalists were re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Morgan
Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan; July 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker and captains for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women's national soccer team. She co-captained the United States women's national soccer team with Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe from 2018 to 2020. Shortly after graduating early from the University of California, Berkeley, where she played for the California Golden Bears, Morgan was drafted number one overall in the 2011 WPS Draft by the Western New York Flash. There, she made her professional debut and helped the team win the league championship. Morgan, who was 22 at the time, was the youngest player on the national team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where the team was runner-up. At the 2012 London Olympics, she scored the match-winning goal in the 123rd m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OL Reign
OL Reign is an American professional Women's association football, women's soccer team based in Seattle, Washington. Founded by Bill and Teresa Predmore in 2012 as Seattle Reign FC, it was one of eight inaugural members of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). In 2020, Olympique Lyonnais#Ownership and finances, OL Groupe, the parent company of French clubs Olympique Lyonnais and Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, became the team's majority owner and rebranded to its current name, badge, and colors. Laura Harvey is the team's head coach; she led the team to two consecutive NWSL Shield wins in 2014 and 2015 and a third in 2022. OL Reign has played its home matches at Lumen Field since 2022. The team previously played at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Washington, Tukwila (2013), at Memorial Stadium (Seattle), Memorial Stadium (2014–18), and at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington, Tacoma (2019–21). History Establishment Following the demise of Women's Professional Soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2019
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2019 were held on 23 September 2019 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. The ceremony was attended by some of the most well known former players and managers such as Marco Van Basten, Marcel Desailly, Gianlucca Zambrotta, Fabio Capello, Christian Karembeu, Nadine Keßler, Carles Puyol, and others. Two awards were given out for the first time ever. Winners and nominees The Best FIFA Men's Player Ten players were shortlisted on 31 July 2019. The three finalists were revealed on 2 September 2019. Lionel Messi won the award with 46 rank points. The selection criteria for the men's players of the year was: respective achievements during the period from 16 July 2018 to 19 July 2019. The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper The three finalists were announced on 2 September 2019. Alisson won the award. The Best FIFA Men's Coach Ten coaches were initially shortlisted on 31 July 2019. The three finalists were announced on 2 September 2019. Jürgen Kl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Hegerberg
Ada Martine Stolsmo Hegerberg (born 10 July 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the Norway national team. Hegerberg has represented Norway at the youth international level, and made her debut for the senior team in 2011. In 2013, she was a part of the silver medalist team at the 2013 UEFA Women's Championship. She was on team Norway at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2017 UEFA Women's Championship and the 2022 UEFA Women's Championship. Hegerberg was awarded the 2016 UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award on 25 August 2016, and in 2017 and 2019 was named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year. In 2018 she was the first-ever recipient of the Ballon d'Or Féminin. She holds the record for most goals in a UEFA Women's Champions League season (15), and is currently the all-time highest goalscorer in UEFA Women's Champions League (59). Club career Early career Hegerberg was born in Molde, but grew up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympique Lyonnais Féminin
Olympique Lyonnais Féminin (; commonly referred to as Olympique Lyon, Lyon, or simply OL) is a French women's football club based in Lyon. The club has been the female section of Olympique Lyonnais since 2004. It is the most successful club in the history of Division 1 Féminine, with fifteen league titles as Olympique Lyonnais and four league titles as FC Lyon before the acquisition. Lyon currently plays in Division 1 Féminine. Since the 2010s, Lyon has frequently been named the strongest women's team in the world, and has been cited as a model for the development of women's football in both economic and cultural terms. The team has won eight Champions League titles, including a record five successive titles from 2016 to 2020, as well as 14 consecutive domestic league titles from 2007 to 2020. They have also won five trebles when the top-level continental competition is considered, the most for any team. History The club was formed as the women's section of FC Lyon in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzsenifer Marozsán
Dzsenifer Marozsán (; born 18 April 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Olympique Lyonnais, as well as the Germany national team. She previously played for 1. FC Saarbrücken and 1. FFC Frankfurt in the German Frauen Bundesliga. Born in Hungary, she represents Germany at international level. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Marozsán led unified Germany to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in football, four decades after the East German men won in 1976. In 2015, her cross to Mandy Islacker in stoppage time resulted in a UEFA Women's Champions League win for 1. FFC Frankfurt. She scored the game-winning goal during the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 semifinal against Sweden helping Germany win the title. Early life Born in Budapest, Hungary, Marozsán moved with her family to Germany in 1996, after her father János Marozsán, a four-time Hungarian football national, had signed a contract with 1. FC Saarbrücken. She began her care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Pride
The Orlando Pride is a professional women's soccer team based in Orlando, Florida. The team joined the National Women's Soccer League, the top level of women's soccer in the US, for the 2016 season. It became the tenth team to be added to the league. It is affiliated with the MLS team Orlando City SC and play their home games at Exploria Stadium in downtown Orlando. History Following the 2015 NWSL season, it was rumored that the Orlando City SC ownership group would be adding an expansion team to the women's professional league. On October 20, 2015, a press conference was held at Lake Eola Park where Phil Rawlins unveiled the team name, logo, and colors. Former national team head coach of Australia and the U.S. Tom Sermanni was announced as the team's first head coach. On October 26, 2015, the Pride announced that they had made the first player acquisitions in team history; signing forward Alex Morgan and Kaylyn Kyle from Portland Thorns FC in exchange for the Pride's No. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2018 were held on 24 September 2018 in London, United Kingdom. The selection panels were announced on 4 July 2018. Winners and nominees The Best FIFA Men's Player Ten players were shortlisted on 24 July 2018. The 3 finalists were revealed on 3 September 2018. Luka Modrić won the award with over 29% of the vote. The selection criteria for the men's players of the year was: respective achievements during the period from 3 July 2017 to 15 July 2018. ;Selection panel * Sami Al-Jaber * Emmanuel Amuneke * Cha Bum-kun * Fabio Capello * Didier Drogba * Kaká * Frank Lampard * Lothar Matthäus * Alessandro Nesta * Carlos Alberto Parreira * Ronaldo * Andy Roxburgh * Wynton Rufer The Best FIFA Goalkeeper The three finalists were announced on 3 September 2018. ;Selection panel * Alessandro Altobelli * Vítor Baía * Gordon Banks * Jorge Campos * Rinat Dasaev * Diego Forlán * René Higuita * Frédéric Kanouté * Peter Schmeichel * Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
