Spaniard Pep Guardiola and Italians Simone Inzaghi and Luciano Spalletti are the three candidates to be named FIFA’s “Best” football coach of the year on January 15.
Guardiola, who was second in The Best in 2019 behind German manager Jurgen Klopp and third in 2021 and 2022, led Manchester City to an unprecedented treble, winning the English League, FA Cup and Champions League, as well as winning the Super Cup Europe. Cup, from December 19, 2022 to August 20, 2023
Inzaghi, who won the Coppa Italia and the Transalpine Super Cup with Inter Milan, also led the Nerazzurri to the Champions League final, where they were defeated by City.
Luciano Spalletti, who now leads the Italian national team, won the Transalpine title with Naples in the 2022/23 season, the third in the history of the Neapolitans, 33 years after the last victory in the competition.
The three coaches were selected from a pool of five initial candidates selected by a panel of experts. The international jury, which included coaches, captains, journalists and fans of the national teams, selected the final three, excluding the Spaniard Xavi Hernandez, coach of FC Barcelona, and the Australian Ange Postecoglou (currently at Tottenham). , due to their time at Celtic.
Nominated in the category of best women’s football coach are Spain’s Jonathan Giraldes from Barcelona, England’s Emma Hayes from Chelsea and Dutch coach Sarina Wiegman of the England national team.
Sarina Wigman has already won the trophy three times, in 2017, 2020 and 2022, while Emma Hayes won the trophy in 2021. For Jonathan Giraldes, this is the first time his name has appeared among the three finalists.
Giraldes won the Women’s Champions League, Spanish League and Spanish Super Cup with Barcelona, while Emma Hayes led Chelsea to the English League and FA Cup. For his part, Wiegman led the England women’s team to victory in the final against Brazil and the World Cup final, in which England were defeated by Spain.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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