The world\u2019s governing football body, FIFA, has announced a list of nominees for The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020, the federation\u2019s press office said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFIFA has revealed the candidates shortlisted for seven of the individual trophies that will be presented at The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony on December 17, 2020,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the presented seven categories for the individual FIFA trophy is the Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player and lists 11 international footballers nominated for this award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The nominated players for the award in FIFA Men\u2019s Player of 2020 are: Spain\u2019s Thiago Alcantara (FC Bayern Munich\/Liverpool FC); Portugal\u2019s Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus FC); Belgium\u2019s Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City FC); Poland\u2019s Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern Munich); Senegal\u2019s Sadio Mane (Liverpool FC); France\u2019s Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain FC); Argentina\u2019s Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona); Brazil\u2019s Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain FC); Spain\u2019s Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid FC); Egypt\u2019s Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC) and Virgil van Dijk of the Netherlands (Liverpool FC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the statement, the public voting on the FIFA website started today, November 25, and will run until December 9. \u201cFIFA will announce the three finalists in each of the seven categories\u2026 on December 11, 2020,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The awarding ceremony is scheduled for December 17 and will be organized in an on-line format due to the current global situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In late December 2019, Chinese officials informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about the outbreak of a previously unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, in central China. Since then, cases of the novel coronavirus \u2013 named COVID-19 by the WHO \u2013 have been reported in every corner of the globe, including Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. According to the latest statistics, over 60,186,370 people have been infected worldwide and more than 1,416,830 deaths have been reported. In addition, so far, over 41,642,400 individuals have recovered from the illness across the globe.
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