The six other goalkeepers in the running to succeed Senegalese Édouard Mendy, winner of the 2021 edition, are Alisson Becker (Brazil), Thibault Courtois (Belgium), Dominik Livakovic (Croatia), Emiliano Martinez (Argentina), Mike Maignan (France) and Manuel Neuer (Germany), FIFA said.
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 will be presented on February 27, 2023, the same source points out.
They will reward achievements from August 8, 2021 to December 18, 2022, FIFA specifies.
Yassine Bounou, 31, was imperial during the 2022 World Cup, delivering high-quality performances throughout the competition.
The FC Sevilla player was particularly decisive against Spain during the penalty shootout, with two saves on shots from Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets.
The last Moroccan bulwark, who played six matches with the Atlas Lions in Qatar, became the first African goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in three matches at the same edition of the World Cup.
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