AFCON winning Coach Djamel Belmadi has been nominated for the FIFA Best Men’s Coach Award following Algeria’s campaign in Egypt.
Belmadi is the only African Coach in the 10-man short list released by FIFA on Wednesday.
Also on the list are Didier Deschamps, Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp, Tite and Fernando Santos.
🚨 Meet the coaching candidates! 🚨#TheBest Men’s Coach nominees:
🇩🇿 Djamel Belmadi
🇫🇷 Didier Deschamps
🇦🇷 Marcelo Gallardo
🇦🇷 Ricardo Gareca
🇪🇸@PepTeam
🇩🇪 Jurgen Klopp
🇦🇷 Mauricio Pochettino
🇵🇹 Fernando Santos
🇳🇱 Erik ten Hag
🇧🇷 TiteVoting OPEN 👇https://t.co/NRJ9Nz40FC
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) July 31, 2019
FIFA also announced the nominees for the Women’s Coach category
🚨 Our first announcement today! 🚨#TheBest Women’s Coach nominees:
🇮🇹@milebertolini
🇺🇸 Jill Ellis
🇸🇪 Peter Gerhardsson
🇯🇵 Futoshi Ikeda
🇪🇸@is_tona
🇦🇺@MontemurroJoe
🏴 Phil Neville
🇫🇷@ReynaldPedros
🏴 @prileyfury4life
🇳🇱@wiegman_sVoting NOW OPEN 👇https://t.co/MPUnRRrU4Q
— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 31, 2019
Meanwhile, 10 exceptional female players were also shortlisted for the 2019 FIFA Best Women’s Player.
🚨 Here they are! 🚨#TheBest Women’s Player nominees:
🏴@LucyBronze
🇺🇸@julieertz
🇳🇴@CarolineGrahamH
🇳🇴@AdaStolsmo
🇫🇷@amandinehenry6
🇦🇺@samkerr1
🇺🇸@roselavelle
🇳🇱@VivianneMiedema
🇺🇸@alexmorgan13
🇺🇸@mPinoe
🇫🇷@WRenard
🏴@ellsbells89Voting NOW OPEN 👇https://t.co/t8x1884tdq
— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 31, 2019