The Nigerian quartet of Ademola Lookman, William Troost-Ekong, Asisat Oshoala and Paul Onuachu has been shortlisted in numerous classes of the FIFA Finest Awards for 2024.
A listing launched on Friday by the World Soccer governing physique exhibits that Lookman, who performs for Atalanta within the Italian Serie A, was nominated within the Finest Attacker class.
He’ll battle it out with the spectacular Vinicius Junior, Lamine Yamal, Bukayo Saka, Erling Haaland, Lionel Messi, and Cristiano Ronaldo amongst different high-profile gamers.
The Nigerian who had an impeccable exhibiting final season, main Atalanta to the Europa League crown has additionally began this season’s marketing campaign in high quality type. He helped the Tremendous Eagles attain the ultimate of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) the place they misplaced narrowly to hosts Cote d’Ivoire.
Lookman can be in pole place to be topped the CAF Participant of the Yr for 2024 when the awards ceremony takes place subsequent month.
Nigeria’s stand-in captain Troost-Ekong was named within the Finest Defender class alongside Arsenal’s William Saliba, Manuel Akanji, Antonio Rüdiger, Dani Carvajal, and others.
Oshoala, who has received the CAF Girls’s Participant of the Yr crown for a document variety of occasions was listed within the newly-introduced Marta Award. The prize is for the most effective objective in girls’s soccer. She bought into rivalry for that class for her acrobatic objective (whereas in Barcelona Femeni) towards Benfica within the Girls’s Champions League in November 2024.
Her compatriot and Southampton ahead Onuachu earned a spot for the male model – the Puskas. His deft flick in Trabzonspor’s 2-1 win over Konyaspor on November 10, 2023, was sufficient to place him in rivalry for the most effective objective gong in males’s soccer.
In the meantime, Lionel Messi headlined the lads’s greatest participant nominees. The Inter Miami ahead’s inclusion has sparked debates amongst soccer followers. The Argentine will vie for the prize alongside Ballon d’Or winner Rodri; Vinicius Junior; Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe, Toni Kroos, and Federico Valverde.
Followers and an skilled panel are anticipated to vote for the 2024 FIFA Finest Awards. Followers can vote on the FIFA web site up till December 2024.
FIFA Finest Awards Nominees:
The Finest FIFA Males’s Participant nominees
Dani Carvajal (Spain), Actual Madrid
Erling Haaland (Norway), Manchester Metropolis
Federico Valverde (Uruguay), Actual Madrid
Florian Wirtz (Germany), Bayer Leverkusen
Jude Bellingham (England), Actual Madrid
Kylian Mbappe (France), Paris Saint-Germain/Actual Madrid
Lamine Yamal (Spain), Barcelona
Lionel Messi (Argentina), Inter Miami
Rodri (Spain), Manchester Metropolis
Toni Kroos (Germany), Actual Madrid (now retired)
Vinicius Jr (Brazil), Actual Madrid
The Finest FIFA Girls’s Participant nominees:
Aitana Bonmati (Spain), Barcelona
Barbra Banda (Zambia), Shanghai Shengli/Orlando Satisfaction
Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway), Barcelona
Keira Walsh (England), Barcelona
Khadija Shaw (Jamaica), Manchester Metropolis
Lauren Hemp (England), Manchester Metropolis
Lindsey Horan (USA), Olympique Lyonnais
Lucy Bronze (England), Barcelona/Chelsea
Mallory Swanson (USA), Chicago Pink Stars
Mariona Caldentey (Spain), Barcelona/Arsenal
Naomi Girma (USA), San Diego Wave
Ona Batlle (Spain), Barcelona
Salma Paralluelo (Spain), Barcelona
Sophia Smith (USA), Portland Thorns
Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi), Paris Saint-Germain/Olympique Lyonnais
Trinity Rodman (USA), Washington Spirit
The Finest FIFA Girls’s Coach nominees:
Arthur Elias (Brazil), Brazil
Elena Sadiku (Sweden), Celtic
Emma Hayes (England), Chelsea/USA
Futoshi Ikeda (Japan), Japan
Gareth Taylor (England), Manchester Metropolis
Jonatan Giraldez (Spain), Barcelona/Washington Spirit
Sandrine Soubeyrand (France), Paris FC
Sonia Bompastor (France), Olympique Lyonnais/Chelsea
The Finest FIFA Males’s Coach nominees:
Carlo Ancelotti (Italy), Actual Madrid
Lionel Scaloni (Argentina), Argentina
Luis de la Fuente (Spain), Spain
Pep Guardiola (Spain), Manchester Metropolis
Xabi Alonso (Spain), Bayer Leverkusen
The Finest FIFA Girls’s Goalkeeper nominees:
Alyssa Naeher (USA), Chicago Pink Stars
Ann-Katrin Berger (Germany), Chelsea/NJ/NY Gotham
Ayaka Yamashita (Japan), INAC Kobe Leonessa/Manchester Metropolis
Cata Coll (Spain), Barcelona
Mary Earps (England), Manchester United/Paris Saint-Germain
The Finest FIFA Males’s Goalkeeper nominees:
Andriy Lunin (Ukraine), Actual Madrid
David Raya (Spain), Arsenal
Ederson (Brazil), Manchester Metropolis
Emiliano Martinez (Argentina), Aston Villa
Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy), Paris Saint-Germain
Mike Maignan (France), AC Milan
Unai Simon (Spain), Athletic Membership
