Three finalists for 2017 Best FIFA Men's Coach have confirmed: Zidane, Conte & Allegri. The winner will be announced at the ceremony in London on 23 October.
Claudio Ranieri was named FIFA's best men's coach of 2016 after leading Leicester City to a fairytale Premier League title triumph.
The Men's Coach of the Year award has a 12-person shortlist selected by a group of 'FIFA legends' that includes Diego Maradona, Cafu and Carles Puyol.
The voting process is the same as the two main player awards: national team coaches, national team captains, selected media and fans account for a quarter of the vote each.
The 12 nominees are:
Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus)
Carlo Ancelotti (Bayern Munich)
Antonio Conte (Chelsea)
Luis Enrique (Unattached, at Barcelona in 2016-17)
Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Leonardo Jardim (Monaco)
Joachim Low (Germany)
Jose Mourinho (Manchester United)
Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham)
Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid)
Tite (Brazil)
Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
Three Finalists
Zinedine ZIDANE
A year on from making the three-man shortlist for The Best FIFA Men's Coach 2016 award, Zinedine Zidane is once again a serious candidate for this prestigious honour thanks to a season teeming with trophies and records. The Frenchman steered Real Madrid to the UEFA Champions League title in 2016 after just a few months in the job, and he kept them at the European pinnacle in memorable fashion last term, securing a 4-1 triumph against Juventus in the final. That came after Los Merengues also reclaimed the Liga crown for the first time in five years. Zidane likewise oversaw victory in the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, extending his unblemished record in finals to five wins from five since he took the helm.
Antonio CONTE
In his first season managing in the English top flight, Antonio Conte led Chelsea to the title in impressive fashion, setting a new Premier League record of 30 wins in a single season. The 2016/17 English Premier League Manager of the Season showed tactical versatility as a player and that has translated into his career in management. During The Blues’ run to lifting the domestic league title, Conte switched the side’s formation to a 3-4-2-1, which proved a masterstroke. Along with his high tactical understanding of the game, Conte’s infectious energy and enthusiasm on the touchline affects every team he coaches. The Italian’s latest challenge is to get Chelsea competing on multiple fronts as they return to European competition.
Massimiliano ALLEGRI
The Juventus hotseat threatened to be a poisoned chalice following Antonio Conte's departure in 2014, but Allegri has more than risen to the challenge since taking over. He has built a healthy habit of winning the league and Coppa Italia in tandem, guiding the Turin outfit to the double in the last three campaigns, and the most recent of these made history, with I Bianconeri becoming the first club to clinch a Coppa 'three-peat' and to claim the Serie A crown six years in a row. He also oversaw another run to the UEFA Champions League final last season, only for his side to come a cropper against Real Madrid in an encounter billed as the battle of the BBCs (Bonucci, Barzagli and Chiellini against Bale, Benzema and Cristiano). "You can't just be great. You have to be special," the experienced tactician sagely stated when recently reflecting on what it takes to triumph in Europe's premier club competition.
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- Zinedine Zidane
- Massimiliano Allegri
- Antonio Conte
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Zidane for sure.
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