Today could be another great day for Barça women. After the awards to Alexia putellas (UEFA Player of the Year and France Football Ballon d’Or) and Lieke Martens (Golden Woman from Tuttosport), it’s the turn of the Globe Soccer 2021 in Dubai. There are five Barcelona players nominated for Best Player: Alexia putellas, the favorite, who has published an image with her sister already in Dubai, retweeted by the organization itself, in addition to Aitana Bonmatí, Caroline Graham Hansen, Jennifer Hermoso Y Lieke Martens. Will compete with Bronze (City), Kerr y Kirby (Chelsea), Miedema (Arsenal), Morgan (Orlando), Rapinoe (Reign) and Renard (Olympique Lyon).
Alexia Putellas, with her sister, Alba, on the beach in Dubai with the iconic Burj Al Arab hotel in the background
What’s more, Lluís Cortés, already in the Ukraine team, is nominated for Best Coach and FC Barcelona aspires to be the best women’s club, but not the men’s. In the Best Player Award there will be another pulse between Messi (Barça / PSG) and Lewandowski (Bayern), child Benzema (Madrid) already as an applicant.
On the other hand, César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) is the only Spanish nominated for best player. Only one player currently playing for a Spanish club appears on the list, the French Karim Benzema, Real Madrid forward. Azpilicueta also among the candidates for the best defense; Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid) and Jan Oblak (Atlético de Madrid) opt for the best goalkeeper; Y Lluís Cortés (exBarcelona), Unai emery (Villarreal), Josep Guardiola (Manchester City) y Diego Pablo Simeone (Atlético de Madrid) for best coach.
In the chapter of the best men’s soccer club, among the applicants are the Atlético de Madrid and the Villarreal, and Barcelona for women, winner of the treble last season; and in the sports director are Aitor ‘Txiki’ Begiristain Y Roberto Olabe.
ALL NOMINEES
SOCCER GLOBE AWARDS
All nominees
Best player
César Azpilicueta, Jorginho, N’Golo Kante, Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Kevin de Bruyne, Ruben Dias (Manchester City), Gianluigi Donnarumma, Marquinhos, Kylian Mbappe, Leo Messi , Neymar Jr., Marco Verratti (PSG), Bruno Fernandes, Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Joshua Kimmich, Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Muller (Bayern Múnich) y Mohamed Salah ( Liverpool)
Best Player
Aitana Bonmató, Caroline Graham, Jenni Hermoso, Lieke Martens, Alexia Putellas (Barcelona), Lucy Bronze (Manchester City), Samantha Kerr, Fran Kirby (Chelsea), Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal), Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride), Megan Rapinoe ( OL Reign) and Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyon)
Best Men’s Soccer Club
Al Ahaly, Al Hilal, Atlético de Madrid, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Flamengo, Inter Milan, Lille, Manchester City, Manchester United, Palmeiras, PSG, Pohang Steelers, Ulsan Hyundai and Villarreal.
Best Women’s Soccer Club
Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Manchester City, Olympique Lyon, PSG and Wolfsburg.
Best Male Defense
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), César Azpilicueta, Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea), Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Marquinhos (PSG) y Kyle Walker (Manchester City).
Best Male Goalkeeper
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Ginaluigi Donnarumma, Keylor Navas (PSG), Ederson (Manchester City), Mike Maignan (Milan), Emiliano Martínez (Astn Villa), Edouard Mendy (Chelsea), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) and Jan Oblak (Atlético de Madrid).
Best Coach
Antonio Conte, Lluís Cortés, Didier Deschamps, Unai Emery, Hansi Flick, Christophe Galtier, Josep Guardiola, Kasper Hjulmand, Roberto Mancini, Lionel Scaloni, Diego Pablo Simeone, Gareth Southgate, Tite and Thomas Tuchel.
Best National Team
Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Italy, Mexico, Morocco and the United States.
Best Agent
Jonathan Barnett, Jorge Mendes, Federico Pastorello, Mino Raiola y Pini Zahavi.
Best Sports Director
Piero Ausilio, Luis Campos, Aitor ‘Txiki’ Begiristain, Roberto Olabe and Marc Overmars