
City Xtra
·16 January 2024
Revealed: The full list of coaches and captains that voted Manchester City players for The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2023

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·16 January 2024
Following Lionel Messi’s success at the 2023 The Best awards for FIFA Men’s Player of the Year, the full voting breakdown can now be revealed.
Alongside Erling Haaland’s second-placed finish for the top prize on the evening, a number of other Manchester City players were placed in contention for the top award through votes by national team captains and coaches.
It can now be revealed that in the captains vote, Rodri and Bernardo Silva received two first-place choices each, Kevin De Bruyne received 10 votes for the top position, while Treble-winning captain Ilkay Gundogan was chosen three times.
Here is the complete list of national team captains that voted for Manchester City players to win the 2023 FIFA Men’s Player of the Year award!
Afghanistan: Farshad NoorAmerican Samoa: Nicky SalapuArgentina: Lionel MessiAustria: David AlabaAzerbaijan: Emin MahmudovBelarus: Siarhei PalitsevichBenin: Steve MouniéBermuda: Dale EveBhutan: Chencho GyeltshenBolivia: Marcelo Martins MorenoBrazil: Carlos CasemiroBulgaria: Kiril DespodovBurkina Faso: Bertrand TraoréBurundi: Frederic NsabiyumvaCameroon: Vincent AboubakarCayman Islands: D’Andre RoweCote d’Ivoire: Max Alain GradelCuba: Luis Javier Paradela DiazCzechia: Tomas SoucekDominica: Glenson PrinceEritrea: Ablelom Teklezghi GebreyowhnnesEthiopia: Bekele ShemelesGabon: Bruno Ecuele MangaGermany: Ilkay GündoganGhana: André AyewGibraltar: Roy ChipolinaGuinea: Naby KeitaGuyana: Daniel WilsonHungary: Dominik SzoboszlaiIceland: Aron GunnarssonIndia: Sunil ChhetriIran: Ehsan HajisafiIraq: Jalal HassanKuwait: Khaled IbrahimKyrgyz Republic: Valeriy KichinLesotho: Sekhoane MoeraneLibya: Taher BinamerLithuania: Fedor CernychLuxembourg: Laurent JansMacau: Nicholas Mário De Almeida TorrãoMalawi: John BandaMalaysia: Matthew DaviesMaldives: Ali SamoohMoldova: Vadim RataMorocco: Romain Ghanem SaïssMyanmar: Lwin Maung MaungNamibia: Ananias GebhardtNew Caledonia: Morgan MathelonNew Zealand: Chris WoodNiger: Youssouf OumarouNorth Macedonia: Enis BardhiNorway: Martin OdegaardPakistan: Easah SulimanSamoa: Kyah CahillSan Marino: Alessandro GolinucciSeychelles: Benoit MarieSouth Africa: Ronwen WilliamsSri Lanka: Sujan PereraSweden: Victor LindelofTanzania: Mbwana Ally SamattaTogo: Dakonam Ortega DjeneTrinidad and Tobago: Aubrey DavidTurks and Caicos Islands: Billy ForbesVietnam: Ngoc Hai Que
Algeria: Riyad MahrezSpain: Álvaro Morata
Armenia: Varazdat HaroyanPortugal: Pepe
Botswana: Thatayaone DitlhokweCongo: Silvere Ganvoula MboussyEl Salvador: Mario GonzalezHong Kong: Hung Fai YappJapan: Wataru EndoLaos: Phoutdavy PhommasaneRepublic of Ireland: Seamus ColemanSerbia: Dusan TadicUnited Arab Emirates: Ali KhaseifUS Virgin Islands: James Mack
Oman: Harib Al-SaadiTajikistan: Parviz UmarbaevTimor-Leste: Filomeno Junior
Here is the complete list of national team coaches that voted for Manchester City players to win the 2023 FIFA Men’s Player of the Year award!
Albania: Sylvio Mendes CamposAlgeria: Djamel BelmadiAngola: Pedro Valdemar Soares GonçalvesAntigua and Barbuda: Mikele LeigertwoodArmenia: Oleksandr PetrakovAustralia: Graham ArnoldAustria: Ralf RangnickAzerbaijan: Giovanni De BiasiBangladesh: Javier CabreraBelize: David Pérez AsensioBermuda: Michael FindlayBosnia and Herzegovina: Meho KodroBulgaria: Mladen KrstajićBurkina Faso: Hubert VeludCentral African Republic: Raoul SavoyCongo DR: Sébastien DesabreCook Islands: Alan TaylorCuba: Yunielys Castillo CarmenateCzechia: Jaroslav SilhavyDominica: Ellington SabinEngland: Gareth SouthgateEquatorial Guinea: Juan Micha Obiang BicogoEswatini: Dominic Kuseni KuneneFaroe Islands: Håkan EricsonFiji: Timo JankowskiFinland: Markku KanervaGibraltar: Julio Cesar RibasGrenada: Terry ConnorGuam: Ross Michael AwaGuatemala: Luis Fernando Tena GarduñoHong Kong: Jörn AndersenHungary: Marco RossiJamaica: John WallKorea Republic: Juergen KlinsmannKuwait: Rui BentoLatvia: Dainis KazakevicsLiberia: Ansumana KeitaLibya: Salem El JelaliMadagascar: Romuald Félix RakotondrabeMalaysia: Kim Pan GonMaldives: Ali SuzainMali: Éric Sekou ChelleMexico: Jaime Arturo Lozano EspinMorocco: Hoalid RegraguiMyanmar: Michael FeichtenbeinerNepal: Vincenzo Alberto AnneseNetherlands: Ronald KoemanNew Zealand: Darren BazeleyNicaragua: Marcó Antonio Figueroa MonteroNorth Macedonia: Blagoja MilevskiNorway: Ståle SolbakkenOman: Branko IvankovicPalestine: Makram DaboubPeru: Juan Reynoso GuzmanQatar: Carlos QueirozRepublic of Ireland: Stephen KennyRomania: Edward Marius IordanescuSamoa: Ryan StewartSão Tomé and Príncipe: Adriano EusébioSenegal: Aliou CisséSerbia: Dragan StojkovicSlovakia: Francesco CalzonaSri Lanka: Andrew MorrisonSt Lucia: Stern JohnTahiti: Samuel GarciaTrinidad and Tobago: Angus EveTurkmenistan: Mergen OrazovUganda: Morley ByekwasoUS Virgin Islands: Gilberto Junior Damiano MacielVietnam: Philippe Bernard Victor Troussier
Andorra: Koldo Alvarez De EulateBrunei: Darussalam Mario Rivera CampesinoEl Salvador: Ruben De La BarreraIndia: Igor StimacIraq: Jesús CasasPuerto Rico: Charlie TroutSlovenia: Matjaž KekSpain: Luis De La Fuente CastilloSweden: Jan AnderssonUSA: Gregg Berhalter
Anguilla: Nigel ConnorBelgium: Domenico TedescoChad: Kevin NicaiseChinese Taipei: Gary John WhiteCongo: Paul Joseph PutDenmark: Kasper HjulmandEcuador: Félix Sánchez BasEthiopia: Daniel WolddeNamibia: Collin BenjaminPakistan: Stephen ConstantinePapua New Guinea: Harrison KamakePoland: Michał ProbierzSierra: Leone Amidu KarimSomalia: Rachid LoustequeSt Kitts and Nevis: Austin HugginsTanzania: Adel AmroucheTunisia: Jalel Kadri
Cayman Islands: Claudio GarciaEgypt: Rui VitoriaMacau: Lázaro Fonseca Da Costa OliveiraMauritania: Amir AbdouTogo: Paulo DuarteUnited Arab Emirates: Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento
San Marino: Fabrizio Costantini