Aitana among "The Best" finalists
Aitana Bonmatí has been named among the three finalists for FIFA's "The Best" award, where she'll be up against Jennifer Hermoso and Linda Caicedo.
The winner will be announced at a ceremony in London on 15 January 2024. These three players are the survivors from an original shortlist of 16 that also included FC Barcelona's Salma Paralluelo , Keira Walsh and Mapi León. The finalists were chosen by an international jury made up of the coaches of national teams, the captains of national teams, football journalists and fans voting on the official FIFA website.
#TheBest FIFA Women's Player Finalists! 🏆🤩
— FIFA Women's World Cup (@FIFAWWC) December 14, 2023
🇪🇸 Aitana Bonmati
🇨🇴 Linda Caicedo
🇪🇸 Jennifer Hermoso
Learn more about the final three. 👀🧵
Following on from Alexia: Aitana
Aitana is looking to become the third consecutive Barça winner of the award after Alexia Putellas won it in 2021 and 2022.
And she is the strong favourite after already winning the Ballon d'Or, the Golden Woman, UEFA Player of the Year and being named MVP of both the UWCL and the World Cup.
Best goalkeeper and coach
Barça has two other potential award winners. Cata Coll is up for best women's goalkeeper long with Mackenzie Arnold and Mary Earps, while Jonatan Giráldez will be competing with Emma Hayes and Sarina Wiegman for the coaching prize.