Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was named Coach of the Year for the second time. I'll remember this moment forever, for the rest of my life."īayern's Manuel Neuer won the award for best goalkeeper - becoming the first German goalie to take home the prize - while Son Heung-Min was handed the Puskas Award for the best goal with his stunning end-to-end run and strike in Tottenham's 5-0 win over Burnley on Dec. "If there's anything 2020 has taught us to appreciate every moment you've got, not look too far ahead and live in the here and now.
"I don't have the words right now to explain how I'm feeling," Bronze said. She is the first player, male or female, from England to land the honour from FIFA. Manchester City and England defender Lucy Bronze won The Best FIFA Women's Player of the Year. It is an incredible feeling, a lot of emotions." "This award also belongs to my colleagues, the coach and Bayern in general. This is a great day for me, and also for my club and colleagues. "To win such an award and share this title with Messi and Ronaldo is unbelievable and means so much to me," Lewandowski said. He also led Poland to Euro 2020 qualification and was named the 2019-20 UEFA Men's Player of the Year in October.
Lewandowski, 32, joins Luka Modric (2018) as the only players other than Lionel Messi (6) and Cristiano Ronaldo (5) to have won the FIFA Men's Player of the Year since 2008. Goal of the Year! Son, Suarez, WSL stars up for FIFA Puskas Award "If the FIFA study concludes that it is feasible, CAF will fully support hosting the men's and women's World Cup every two years."ĬAF president Patrice Motsepe conducted a show of hands and, with no objections to the resolution, declared it a unanimous vote in favour of backing FIFA.Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski has won The Best FIFA Men's Player of the Year for 2020, beating Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo. "I only defend the project because it is to make football better and more competitive," Wenger said.Ī resolution was announced during the general assembly, in which it was stated: " CAF welcomes the FIFA congress decision to conduct the feasibility study on having men's and women's World Cup every two years. Wenger gave a presentation in which he expressed his belief that biennial World Cups for men's and women's football and also spoke of the prospect of more chances to compete for African nations. Infantino has been telling African nations of the prospect for development long before FIFA put forward its World Cup proposal, and it is clear he has strong support on the continent. "We continue to consult, we continue to speak, we thank you for your views and your input." "We need to give more opportunities to all the teams to play with each other - will it be with the World Cup or will it be in another way? We have to study of course all of this.