FIFA Coach of the Year nominees – who do you think deserves the award?
Ten head coaches have been shortlisted by experts from the FIFA Football Committee for The Best FIFA Men’s Coach 2016 because of their impressive feat within the year in review.
The candidates, in alphabetical order, are:
* Chris Coleman (Wales/Welsh national team)
* Didier Deschamps (France/French national team)
* Pep Guardiola (Spain/FC Bayern Munich/Manchester City)
* Jürgen Klopp (Germany/Liverpool)
* Luis Enrique (Spain/FC Barcelona)
* Mauricio Pochettino (Argentina/Tottenham Hotspur)
* Claudio Ranieri (Italy/Leicester City)
* Fernando Santos (Portugal/Portuguese national team)
* Diego Simeone (Argentina/Atlético Madrid)
* Zinédine Zidane (France/Real Madrid).
The winner of The Best FIFA Men’s Coach 2016 will be chosen through a combined voting process, in which 50% of the decision will be based on the choices of all captains and head coaches of national teams around the globe. The other 50% will be split between the result of an online public ballot with football fans and submissions from a selected group of over 200 media representatives from the six continents.
Voting starts on 4 November and will close on 22 November. The final lists of three nominees will be announced on 2 December.
Who do you think should be named FIFA Coach of the Year?
