Matildas coach Alen Stajcic and forward Sam Kerr have been nominated for FIFA Best Football Awards.
It is Stajcic's first nomination for a FIFA award after missing out on making the top 10 last year. Stajcic took the Matildas to their highest ever FIFA ranking of fourth in December 2017 and they still remain in the top 10 after the latest release.
He has also overseen friendly wins against China and Brazil while in 2018 the Matildas finished fourth at the Algarve Cup and were runners-up to Japan in the Asian Cup.
OFFICIAL | The nominees for #TheBest FIFA Women’s Coach 2018: Emma Hayes, Stephan Lerch, Mark Parsons, Reynald Pedros, Alen Stajcic, Asaka Takakura, Vadao, Jorge Vilda, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg and Sarina Wiegman
— #FIFAWWC 🇫🇷 (@FIFAWWC) July 24, 2018
Recognising the period from 7 August 2017-24 May 2018 inclusive pic.twitter.com/ykEUdFUfZM
This is Kerr's second FIFA Best Women's Player nomination after being named as a nominee in 2017 although she didn't make the final three cut. Lieke Martens eventually took out The Best FIFA Women’s Player for 2017.
OFFICIAL | The nominees for #TheBest FIFA Women’s Player 2018:
— #FIFAWWC 🇫🇷 (@FIFAWWC) July 24, 2018
Lucy Bronze
Pernille Harder
Ada Hegerberg
Amandine Henry
Sam Kerr
Saki Kumagai
Dzsenifer Marozsan
Marta
Megan Rapinoe
Wendie Renard
For the period 7 August 2017-24 May 2018 pic.twitter.com/3Yd8PNmINN
In 2017 she set a new NWSL record when she scored four goals in a single game before eventually being awarded the NWSL Golden Boot and MVP award after finishing the 2017 season with a record-breaking 17 goals.
The 24-year-old now sits atop the all-time NWSL goalscoring table.
She became the fourth Australian to win the 2017 AFC Women’s Player of the Year award in November last year.
In Australia, Kerr was the joint Julie Dolan medal winner alongside Clare Polkinghorne for the 2017/18 W-League season and was also the Golden Boot winner.
The awards are based on coaches and players respective achievements during the period from 7 August 2017 to 24 May 2018 inclusive and compiled by a panel of experts representing all of FIFA’s confederations.
All award winners will be revealed at The Best FIFA Football Awards show in London on 24 September with the final nominees to be announced between now and then.
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