Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and England manager Sarina Wiegman are among the coaching finalists for the FIFA Best Awards announced on Thursday.
Guardiola, who led City to a fourth Premier League title in five years last season, is joined on the men’s coaching shortlist by Argentina‘s World Cup-winning manager Lionel Scaloni and Carlo Ancelotti, who guided Real Madrid to a Champions League and LaLiga double.
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Guardiola is the only previous winner of the award among the shortlist having been named FIFA’s best men’s coach in 2011 after winning his second and still most-recent Champions League title with Barcelona.
On the women’s side, Wiegman is shortlisted after leading England to the country’s first major title since 1966 when winning the Women’s European Championship. She is now up against former U.S. women’s national team coach Pia Sundhage, after the Swede led Brazil to the Copa America Femenina, and Lyon‘s French League and Women’s Champions League-winning boss Sonia Bompastor.
