England trio Leah Williamson, Beth Mead and Keira Walsh join Argentina captain Lionel Messi, World Cup winner, as nominees for the 2022 Fifa Best Awards.
Borussia Dortmund’s English midfielder Jude Bellingham is also on the list of male finalists, along with Real Madrid pair Luka Modric and Karim Benzema.
Chelsea’s Sam Kerr and Jessie Fleming are nominated for the women’s award, as is last year’s winner Alexia Putellas.
Sarina Wiegman, Emma Hayes and Pep Guardiola are in the running for best coach.
The appointment of Arsenal striker Mead comes a year in which she was named player of the tournament at Euro 2022, shortlisted for the Ballon d’Or and won BBC Sport Personality of the Year.
Lionesses coach Wiegman, who led the team to their first major tournament trophy at Euro 2022, is joined on the list of female coaches by English-born Canadian coach Beverly Priestman, as well as Hayes from Chelsea.
The Chelsea manager, who won the Fifa Best award last year, became the first manager to guide a side to three consecutive WSL titles in May.
Real Madrid’s Carlo Ancelotti, France’s Didier Deschamps and World Cup-winning Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni are nominated for best men’s manager.
Moroccan Walid Regragui is also on the shortlist after his side became the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final.
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland, Kevin de Bruyne and Julian Alvarez are all nominated for best men’s player, as is Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool’s Alisson Becker, Manchester City’s Ederson and Aston Villa and Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez are in the running for the best men’s goalkeeper award.
England and Manchester United number one Mary Earps is on the list of women selected, alongside Chelsea’s Ann-Katrin Berger.
Alessia Russo’s backheel in England’s Euro 2022 semi-final win over Sweden is among the contenders for the Fifa Puskas award for best goal of the year.
She will face competition from Kylian Mbappe’s superb volley for France, which extended the World Cup final.
Voting closes February 3, and the three finalists in each category will be announced later in the month.
Best Female Player
Aitana Bonmati (Spain/Barcelona)
Debinha (Brazil/North Carolina Courage)
Jessie Fleming (Canada/Chelsea)
Ada Hegerberg (Norway/Lyon)
Sam Kerr (Australia/Chelsea)
Beth Mead (England/Arsenal)
Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands/Arsenal)
Alex Morgan (USA/Orlando Pride/San Diego Wave)
Lena Oberdorf (Germany/Wolfsburg)
Alexandra Popp (Germany/Wolfsburg)
Alexia Putellas (Spain/Barcelona)
Wendie Renard (France/Lyon)
Keira Walsh (England/Manchester City/Barcelona)
Leah Williamson (England/Arsenal)
Best Male Player
Julian Alvarez (Argentina/Club Atlético River Plate/Manchester City)
Jude Bellingham (England/Borussia Dortmund)
Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid)
Kevin de Bruyne (Belgium/Manchester City)
Erling Haaland (Norway/Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City)
Achraf Hakimi (Spain/Paris Saint-Germain)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich/Barcelona)
Sadio Mané (Senegal/Liverpool/Bayern Munich)
Kylian Mbappe (France/Paris Saint-Germain)
Lionel Messi (Argentina/Paris Saint-Germain)
Luka Modric (Croatia/Real Madrid)
Neymar (Brazil/Paris Saint-Germain)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool)
Vinicius Junior (Brazil/Real Madrid)
Best Female Coach
Sonia Bompastor (France/Olympique Lyonnais)
Emma Hayes (England/Chelsea FC Women)
Bev Priestman (England/Canadian National Team)
Pia Sundhage (Sweden/Brazilian national team)
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg (Germany/German national team)
Sarina Wiegman (Dutch/English national team)
Best Male Coach
Carlo Ancelotti (Italy/Real Madrid)
Didier Deschamps (France/French team)
Pep Guardiola (Spain/Manchester City)
Walid Regragui (Morocco/ Wydad AC/ Moroccan national team)
Lionel Scaloni (Argentina/Argentina National Team)
Best Female Goalkeeper
Ann-Katrin Berger (Germany/Chelsea)
Mary Earps (England/Manchester United)
Christiane Endler (Chile/Olympique Lyonnais)
Merle Frohms (Germany/Eintracht Frankfurt/VfL Wolfsburg)
Alyssa Naeher (USA/Chicago Red Stars)
Sandra Panos Garcia-Villamil (Spain/Barcelona)
Best Male Goalkeeper
Alisson Becker (Brazil/Liverpool)
Yassine Bounou (Morocco/ Seville)
Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Real Madrid)
Ederson (Brazil/Manchester City)
Emiliano Martinez (Argentina/Aston Villa)
