The Best FIFA Football Awards 2021 will be held as a virtual event from Zurich on January 17 next year.
FIFA s alternative to the Ballon d Or has been held consecutively every year since 2017, with Cristiano Ronaldo scooping the first award as Best Men s Player.
Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski took that accolade for the 2020 awards and will be hoping his record-breaking efforts in the Bundesliga last season will be enough to defend that title.
Competition is likely to come from Liverpool s Mohamed Salah, who came third in 2018 and has enjoyed a remarkable start to 2021-22, while France duo Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema seem set to be in the running too. Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, of course, cannot be discounted.
The Best Men s Goalkeeper and Best Men s Coach are also up for grabs, as are the equivalent of all three awards for the women s game.
The FIFPRO Men s and Women s XIs will also be named.
With coronavirus cases around Europe still rising, FIFA has chosen to host the event virtually, rather than have attendees present.
A FIFA statement read: The Best incorporates the views of the four pillars of the footballing world.
The recipients of the trophies for the top players and coaches in both women s and men s football will be determined through a combined voting process involving the captains and head coaches of all national teams around the world, an online ballot of fans and submissions from a select group of more than 300 media representatives.
Voting will commence on November 22 and close on December 10.
