UEFA Unveils Nominees for Best Coach, Best Male Player 2023 Awards
A giant replica of the UEFA Champions League trophy is displayed in Porto, Portugal, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Manchester City will play against Chelsea in the Champions League final on Saturday.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Inter Milan’s Simone Inzaghi, Napoli’s Luciano Spalletti and Manchester City’s Josep Guardiola have been shortlisted for the 2022/23 UEFA men’s coach of the year award, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) said on Thursday. “[A jury of] coaches and journalists were asked to select their top three coaches from the shortlist by allocating them five points, three points and one point respectively. The final result was based on the total number of votes cast by the coaches and journalists. The coaches were not allowed to vote for themselves,” UEFA explained under the announcement with the shortlist of top three nominees. Meanwhile, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland, as well as Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi were selected as the three nominees to win 2022/23 UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award, the organization said. 
Beyond PoliticsManchester City Win First Champions League Title After Besting Inter Milan10 June 2023, 21:04 GMTThe winners of the UEFA awards will be announced on August 31 in Monaco during the draw ceremony for the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League group stage, according to the statement. In 2022, Italian football manager Carlo Ancelotti won the UEFA men’s coach of the year award, while French striker Karim Benzema was crowned the world’s best male footballer.
