Who is competing against and when is the FIFA trophy awarded?

Lionel Messi was nominated for awards The Best of FIFA. The captain of the Argentine National Team He was considered among the best soccer players in the world in 2024 after winning the Copa América in the United States and the MLS Supporter’s Shield with the national team, with the Inter Miami.

Messi competes with ten other world-class footballers such as Jude Bellingham (England and Real Madrid); Dani Carvajal (Spain and Real Madrid), Lamine Yamal (Spain and Barcelona), Toni Kroos (Germany and Real Madrid), Erling Haaland (Norway and Manchester City), Vinicius Jr. (Brazil and Real Madrid), Rodri (Spain and Manchester City), Kylian Mbappé (France and PSG/Real Madrid) Federico Valverde (Uruguay and Real Madrid) and Florian Wirtz (Germany and Bayer Leverkusen).

The captain of the Argentine National Team is going for the fourth FIFA trophy since he won those in 2019, 2022 – after winning the World Cup in Qatar – and 2023. The latter after surpassing Haaland and Mbappé in the vote.

In this case, unlike the Ballon d’Or, the decision falls to 100 journalists from the best-ranked countries. Another situation already appears on the horizon that could be very similar, but in this case it will not only be journalists who vote, since captains and teams from each and every one of the national teams controlled by FIFA and even fans will join in.

The winners of The Best player and coach awards, as well as goalkeeper of both genders, are chosen by an international jury that includes the coaches and captains of all men’s and women’s national teams (one per team), a journalist specialist from each territory represented and fans registered on FIFA.com.

Although it is not yet officially known when these awards will be presented, in recent years the date has been around the second or third Monday of January, so it would be in the first days of 2025. Therefore, It is expected that this time the gala will take place on a similar date.

Emiliano Dibu Martínez, Nicolás Otamendi, Thiago Almada and Lautaro Martínez make up the roster for FIFA’s “ideal team.”