Drogba have been picked by FIFA today as members of one of the two
panels to shortlist candidates for Men's Footballers and Coaches of
the year for the 2017/18 season.
The football governing body also announced another panel that will do
the shortlist for Women's players and Coaches for the season.
The 47-year-old Amuneke and former coach of the Sudanese club, Al
Khartoum SC, represented in 1994 World in USA.
As a winger, he played for great clubs, such as Barcelona, Sporting CP, Zamalek.
The Best FIFA Football Awards is the premier annual awards celebration
by football's world governing body.
The men's panel also include Brazilian legend, Ronaldo, Fabio Capello
and Frank Lampard, while stars Mia Hamm, Sun Wen and Maia Jackman form
part of the women's panel.
The judges will shortlist ten candidates for each category, which will
be unveiled on 23 July 2018 – with a public vote opening on the same
day.
Football fans, national team captains, head coaches and more than 200
media representatives will then cast their votes to decide who will be
crowned the best players and coaches in the men's and women's games
from last season.
At last year's awards, Cristiano Ronaldo picked up the Best Men's
Player Award, the Netherlands' Lieke Martens was crowned Best Women's
Player, French icon Zinédine Zidane was named Best Men's Coach and the
Netherlands' Sarina Wiegman was Best Women's Coach.
Separate panels will shortlist candidates for the Best FIFA Goalkeeper
Award, the FIFA Puskás Award and the FIFA Fan Award, with the winner
of the Best FIFA Goalkeeper Award chosen by a panel of FIFA legends.
In recognition and celebration of the essential role played by
football fans in the game, the FIFA Fan Award, an appreciation of
memorable moments created by fans, is voted for by supporters.
The FIFA Puskás Award, handed out to the player judged to have scored
the best goal of the year, is also determined by fans' votes.
The voting process for the men and women's awards will open on 23 July
and close on 10 August.
FIFA will announce the final lists of the three nominees for each of
the four categories listed above – as well as for the FIFA Puskás
Award, the FIFA Fan Award and the Best FIFA Goalkeeper Award – in
September.
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