These two awards are given to the outstanding players in women’s and men’s football as voted for by an international jury respectively comprising the current coaches of all women’s and men’s national teams (one per team), the current captains of all women’s and men’s national teams (one per team), one specialist journalist from each territory represented by a national team and fans registered on FIFA.com.

Three nominees have been named for the FIFA Puskás Award, which honours the "most beautiful" goal of the calendar year.

They are Poland’s Marcin Oleksy for his goal for Warta Poznan against Stal Rzeszów on November 6, France’s Dmitri Payet for his effort on behalf of Olympique de Marseille against PAOK Thessaloniki FC in the UEFA Europa Conference League on April 7 and Brazil’s Richarlison for his goal against Serbia at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on November 24.

The award is named in honour of Ferenc Puskás, a Real Madrid forward during the 1950s and 1960s and a central member of the highly successful Hungarian side of the same era.

The final three nominees for The Best FIFA women’s coach are Sonia Bompastor of Olympique Lyonnais, Brazil’s Pia Sundhage and Sarina Wiegman, who led England to victory at a home European Championships in 2022.

The final three nominees for The Best FIFA men’s coach are Carlo Ancelotti of Real Madrid, Pep Guardiola of Manchester City and the man who guided Argentina to World Cup victory, Lionel Scaloni.

In The Best FIFA women’s goalkeeper category the nominees are Ann-Katrin Berger of Germany and Chelsea FC, Mary Earps of England and Manchester United and Christiane Endler of Chile and Olympique Lyonnais.

Meanwhile, in The Best FIFA men’s goalkeeper category the nominees are Yassine Bounou of Morocco and Sevilla FC, Thibaut Courtois of Belgium and Real Madrid and Emiliano Martínez of Argentina and Aston Villa.

The winners of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 are set to be honoured at a ceremony on Monday February 27 2023 in Paris.