Mohamed Salah, Ellen White, Cristiano Ronaldo
12 of the 24 nominees for best player play in England
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Manchester City duo Ellen White and Lucy Bronze are among nominees for the Fifa Best 2021 awards.
Chelsea pair N'Golo Kante and Jorginho are joined on the men's shortlist by Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne.
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Chelsea team-mates Magdalena Eriksson, Pernille Harder, Ji So-yun and Sam Kerr are all nominated, as is Arsenal's Vivianne Miedema.
Emma Hayes is up for best coach.
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The Chelsea boss, who led her side to the 2021 Champions League final, is joined on the women's coach list by England's Sarina Wiegman and Canada's England-born coach Beverly Priestman.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel and Tottenham coach Antonio Conte are nominated for best men's coach.
The best player awards are dominated by those playing in the Premier League and Women's Super League. Seven of the 13 female nominees and five of the 11 men play in England.
Liverpool Alisson Becker, Chelsea's Edouard Mendy and Leicester's Kasper Schmeichel are up for the separate best men's goalkeeper award.
Chelsea's Ann-Katrin Berger is on the women's goalkeeper shortlist.
The award is for club and intentional performances between 8 October 2020 to 6 August 2021.
The winners, decided by a vote by captains, coaches, journalists and the public, will be announced on 17 January 2022.
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