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Valverde is a candidate for 'The Best' Coach 2018

Nominees for FIFA's The Best coach
Nominees for FIFA's The Best coach
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26 July, 2018

Cristiano Ronaldo has won the award on the previous two occasions with Lionel Messi finishing as runner-up.

Egyptian Mohamed Salah is the only African player in the shortlist while World Cup teenage sensations Kylian Mbappe has also been included.

Also, he helped Croatia to the final of the 2018 World Cup.

The Belgian midfielder was proclaimed champion of the Premier League and finished third with Belgium in the World Cup, the best classification of his country in all history.

He became the first player to score 32 in a 38-game season, while also contributing a further 10 in Europe - while he won all the individual awards in England.

France's coach Didier Deschamps and his fellow Frenchman Zinedine Zidane, who steered Real Madrid to their third straight UEFA Champions League title last season, were nominated for the Best FIFA Men's Coach.

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Meanwhile, the nominees for the Best FIFA Women's Coach for 2018 include Emma Hayes, Stephan Lerch, Mark Parsons, Reynald Pedros, Alen Stajcic, Asaka Takakura, Vadao, Jorge Vilda, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg and Sarina Wiegman.

Liverpool's manager was nominated for the prize Tuesday in recognition of a 12-month period that included leading the Reds to the 2017-18 Champions League final.

The other nominees are: Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus), Juergen Klopp (Liverpool), Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid), Ernesto Valverde (Barcelona).

Last season Barça won a LaLiga and the Copa del Rey double.

Federation Internationale de Football Association said it would name a final list of three nominees in early September, with the awards ceremony set to take place in London on 24 September. The 30-year-old showed an exceptional work rate for which he received praise from coaches from the club and the national team.


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