AFCON Winner, Belmadi only African in FIFA Best Coach Nominations

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
🇧🇷 Tite

Voting 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_s

Voting 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
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿@ellsbells89

Voting NOW OPEN 👇https://t.co/t8x1884tdq

— FIFA Women’s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) July 31, 2019