Shortlists for Best Men’s and Women’s Player and Best Coach announced

The clock is ticking for this year’s best players and coach to be known. The final list of the 100 best male players, 40 best female players and 20 best coaches has been announced.

National teams’ captains and coaches will vote until 11 October to decide who succeeds to Ozu, Molly Clark and Mikhail Likhachev as Best Player, Best Women’s Player and Best Coach respectively. 

For the women’s award voting, the coach and captain of the Beach Soccer Clubs that have participated in the last edition of the World Winners Cup Cagliari 2022 and the Euro Winners Cup 2022 can also vote, and in case a Federation doesn’t have a women’s beach soccer national team active, then the men’s team captain & coach will vote for the best women player.

Here is the full list of the nominees:

100 MEN’S SHORTLIST

AARON CLARKE (ENG)
ABU AZEEZ (NGA)
AHMED ELSHAHAT (EGY)
AL SEYNI NDIAYE (SEN)
ALEXEY MAKAROV (RUS)
AMIR AKBARI (IRN)
ANATOLY RYABKO (BLR)
ANDRÉ LOURENÇO (POR)
ANDREAS CATSOULIS (GRE)
ANDREI KOTENEV (RUS)
ANTON SHKARIN (RUS)
ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ (ESP)
ANTÓNIO JOSÉ NAMAPE “FIGO” (MOZ)
AXEL DAMM (DEN)
BÊ MARTINS (POR)
BRUNO TORRES (POR)
BRUNO XAVIER (BRA)
CARLOS CARBALLO (PAR)
CASPER DORPH (DEN)
CATARINO (BRA)
CEM KESKIN (TUR)
CESAR RIVERA (SLV)
CHRISTOPHER TOTH (USA)
DATINHA (BRA)
DEJAN STANKOVIC (SUI)
DIMA PEREVYORTOV (KAZ)
DIONIZIO SANTOS DIAS (FRA)
DMYTRO VOITENKO (UKR)
DONA (ESP)
EDUARD SUAREZ (ESP)
ELINTON ANDRADE (POR)
ELIOTT MOUNOUD (SUI)
EMEKA HEGO OGBONNA (NGA)
EMMANUEL WASSWA (UGA)
EXON PERDOMO (SLV)
FEDOR ZEMSKOV (RUS)
FILIP FILIPOV (BUL)
FILIPE SILVA (BRA)
FRANCISCO “CASANO” (ESP)
FRANK VELASQUEZ (SLV)
GABRIELE GORI (ITA)
GASTON LADUCHE (URU)
GLENN HODEL (SUI)
GRIGORE COJOCARI (MDA)
HAMID HAMID (IRN)
HEIMANU TAIARUI (TAH)
IASUKE KAWAI (JPN)
IGOR BORSUK (UKR)
JESÚS MARTÍNEZ (PAR)
JOSCHA METZLER (GER)
JOSE CARLOS (ESP)
JOSE VIZCARRA (MEX)
JOSEP JR. (ITA)
KHALID AL ARAIMI (OMA)
KRISTIAN MARMOR (EST)
KRYSTIAN KAROLAK (POL)
LÉO MARTINS (POR)
LESLIE ST. FLEUR (BAH)
LI FUNG KUE (TAH)
LUCA BERTACCA (ITA)
LUCAS PONZETTI (ARG)
LUIS ACUÑA (URU)
LUIS HENRIQUE (BRA)
MAJED SHAMHANI (KSA)
MAMMADOU SYLLA (SEN)
MARCEL NOWAK (GER)
MARCO GIORDANI (ITA)
MAURICINHO (BRA)
MIGUEL PINTADO (POR)
MOHAMAD MERHI (LEB)
MOHAMED EL-SAYED (EGY)
MOHAMMAD MORADI (IRN)
MOHAMMED AL BAHRI (UAE)
MUBARAK AL-DOSARI (KSA)
NELSON JOÃO MANUEL (MOZ)
NICK PERERA (USA)
NICOLAS BELLA (URU)
NINOU DIATTA (SEN)
NOEL OTT (SUI)
OZU (JPN)
PATRICK PIETRASIAK (POL)
RABI ABOUTALBI (MAR)
RAFA PADILHA (BRA)
RAOUL MENDY (SEN)
RASHED EID (UAE)
RASHID JAMAL (BHR)
RODRIGO SOARES (BRA)
RUBEN BATRES (SLV)
RUSLAN ISTRATI (MDA)
SABIR ALLAHQULIYEV (AZE)
SALVADOR “CHIKY” ARDIL (ESP)
TAKAAKI OBA (JPN)
TAKUYA AKAGUMA (JPN)
TAMATOA TETAUIRA (TAH)
THIAGO OLIVEIRA DOS SANTOS “BOBÔ” (BRA)
TOTO” ECHEVERRÍA (MEX)
VALENTÍN BENÍTEZ (PAR)
WALEED BESHR (UAE)
YOAO ROLON (PAR)
YURIY SHCHERYTSYA (UKR)

40 WOMEN’S SHORTLIST

ADRIANA MANAU (ESP)
ADRIELE ROCHA (BRA)
AGOSTINA TASINAZZO (ARG)
ALEXANDRIA HALL (USA)
ANA “BÊ” RIBEIRO (BRA)
ANAELLE WIARD (BEL)
ANASTASIIA GORSHKOVA “SHEVA” (RUS)
ANASTASIIA KLIPACHENKO (UKR)
ANASTASIIA TEREKH (UKR)
ANDREA MIRÓN (ESP)
ANGELA RUOTOLO (ITA)
BÁRBARA COLODETTI (BRA)
CAROL GONZÁLEZ (ESP)
CLAUDIA SAGGION (ITA)
CRIS GONZÁLEZ (ESP)
DANIELA PAULIN (MEX)
ÉRICA FERREIRA (POR)
FABIANNA VECCHIONE (ITA)
FÁTIMA LEYVA (MEX)
FÁTIMA PÉREZ (SLV)
HANNAH HAUGHTON (ENG)
IANA ZUBILOVA (RUS)
JAMILA MARREIROS (POR)
KATARZYNA WOROWIEK (POL)
LAURA GALLEGO (ESP)
LAUREN LESLIE (USA)
LESLIE CALDERÓN (SLV)
LORENA (ESP)
MARISA GONZÁLEZ (SLV)
MARTINA FOLPRECHTOVÁ (CZE)
MELISSA GOMES (POR)
MOLLY CLARK (ENG)
MYROSLAVA VYPASNIAK (UKR)
NATALIE WIPPEL (BRA)
SAKI KUSHIYAMA (JPN)
SARAH KEMPSON (ENG)
SINA CALVETI (SUI)
VARVARA BYCHKOVA (RUS)
YU ISIKAWA (JPN)
YULIA DEKHTIAR (UKR)

20 COACHES’ SHORTLIST

ALAN CAVALCANTI (PORTUGAL WOMEN’S)
ANGELO SCHIRINZI (SWITZERLAND)
ANTÓNIO TORRES (SC BRAGA)
CHRISTIAN MENDEZ (SPAIN – MEN AND WOMEN)
DANIEL ZIDANE (CASA BENFICA LOURES)
EMILIANO DEL DUCA (ITALY – MEN AND WOMEN)
GUGA ZLOCOWICK (SAUDI ARABIA)
JOAQUÍN MOLAS (PARAGUAY)
MÁRIO NARCISO (PORTUGAL)
MIKHAIL LIKHACHEV (RUSSIA)
MOUSTAFA ZIEDAN (EGYPT)
MYKOLA KONSTENKO (UKRAINE)
NICOLÁS ALVARADO (BELARUS)
RAMIRO AMARELLE (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES)
RUDIS GONZALEZ GALLO (EL SALVADOR)
RUSLAN PERNAI (MOLDOVA)
STEVEN BLACK (ENGLAND WOMEN’S)
SYLLA OUMAR (MOROCCO)
TALIB HILAL (OMAN)
YURII KLYMENKO (UKRAINE WOMEN’S)