Best Men's Player, Best Coach, Best Goalkeeper & all the winners from The Best FIFA Awards 2023

Updated: 15 Jan 2024 21:14 GMT
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Lionel Messi, Inter Miami, 2023/24 — © ProShots

The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 ceremony took place on January 15, 2024 in London.

Manchester City's Pep Guardiola won the first award of the night as he was voted as The Best Men's Coach for 2023.

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The Men's FifPro World XI was next on the agenda, and the 11 best players of 2023 were selected. The full team can be found below.

Sarina Wiegman won then voted as The Best Women's Coach for 2023 after helping guide England to the Women's World Cup final.

The Women's FifPro World XI came next, and the 11 best players of 2023 were selected. The full team can be found below.

England's Mary Earps won the Women's Goalkeeper of the Year award after her eye-catching exploits at the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

After Earps, Man City shot-stopper Ederson was crowned as the best Men's Goalkeeper of the Year for his crucial role in his side's treble triumph.

Brazil's men's national team was honoured with the Fair Play Award for wearing black jerseys in support of the struggle against racism.

The prestigious Puskas Award for the best goal of the year was won by Guilherme Madruga for his stunning overhead kick from outside the box for Botafogo FC.

The Fan Award was given to a Club Atletico Colon fan who bottle-fed his baby during a game.

Lionel Messi, who was not in attendance at the ceremony, made it back-to-back Best FIFA Men's Player awards despite his 2022 World Cup triumph technically not falling into the qualifying period.

The Argentine legend beat former teammate Kylian Mbappe and Man City's Erling Haaland to the award after helping PSG win Ligue 1 and leading Inter Miami to their first piece of silverware.

Barcelona and Spain superstar Aitana Bonmati was crowned Best Fifa Women's Player after a stunning 2023 during which she won the World Cup and the Champions League.

Below, FootballTransfers runs through the winners of each award at this year’s The Best FIFA Football Awards.

The Best Fifa Men's Player

Lionel Messi won this award for the second year running after winning Ligue 1 with PSG and Leagues Cup with Inter Miami.

The Best Fifa Men's Goalkeeper

Despite Thibaut Courtois getting into the Best XI, it was Man City's Ederson who took home this award for his exploits during the treble-winning campaign.

The Best Fifa Men's Coach

Pep Guardiola won this award after he guided Man City to the treble in the 2022-23 season.

The Best Fifa Women's Player

Aitana Bonmati received this award after an absolutely ridiculous 2023 that saw her win the Women's World Cup with Spain and UEFA Women's Champions League with Barcelona.

The Best Fifa Women's Goalkeeper

Fan favourite Mary Earps won this award after starring for England at the Women's World Cup on the road to the final.

The Best Fifa Women's Coach

Sarina Wiegman won this award after helping England reach the final of the Women's World Cup.

Fifa Puskas Award

This award was won by Guilherme Madruga for his outside-of-the-box overhead kick for Botafogo FC vs Novorizontino.

Fifa Fan Award

This award was won by the Club Atletico Colon de Santa Fe fan who was spotted bottle-feeding his baby during a game.

Fifa Fair Play Award

This award was won by Brazil's senior men's national team for their fight against racism.

Every The Best FIFA Award Winner 2023

Award	Winner
The Best Fifa Men's Player	Lionel Messi
The Best Fifa Men's Goalkeeper	Ederson
The Best Fifa Men's Coach	Pep Guardiola
The Best Fifa Women's Player	Aitana Bonmati
The Best Fifa Women's Goalkeeper	Mary Earps
The Best Fifa Women's Coach	Sarina Wiegman
Fifa Puskas Award	Guilherme Madruga
Fifa Fan Award	Club Atletico Colon de Santa Fe fan
Fifa Fair Play Award	Brazil men's national team

FIFA FifPro Men's World XI

In addition to the aforementioned eight awards, there is also a men’s and women’s FIFA FifPro World XI. This team is voted by the players and is the only global football award decided exclusively by professional footballers.