When is the Best FIFA Football Awards?

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October 22, 2017 8:42 PM

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar will battle it out for the 2017 award in London

Cristiano Ronaldo will hope to beat Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar to the Men's Player of the Year award at the 2017 Best FIFA Awards at the London Palladium in the English capital on Monday.

After helping Real Madrid win La Liga and the UEFA Champions league last season, Ronaldo is widely expected to retain the award he collected a year ago.

Meanwhile, Real manager Zinedine Zidane is in the running for Men's Coach of the Year, along with Antonio Conte, who guided Chelsea to the Premier League title in his first season in charge.

The Premier League has a strong case to see one of its own take the Puskas award for the most impressive goal scored last season.

Arsenal's Olivier Giroud is among the nominees for the prize thanks to the spectacular scorpion kick he produced against Crystal Palace on the first day of 2017.

When is it?

The Best FIFA Football Awards will be held at the London Palladium on October 23.

It is due to get underway at around 7:30pm.

What awards are up for grabs

Here is a list of the awards and the contenders.

Men’s Player: Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi. Neymar

Women’s Player: Deyna Castellanos, Carli Lloyd, Lieke Martens

Men’s Coach: Massimiliano Allegri, Antonio Conte, Zinedine Zidane

Women’s Coach: Nils Nielsen, Gerard Precheur, Sarina Wiegman

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Buffon, Keylor Navas, Manuel Neuer

Puskás Award: Deyna Castellanos, Olivier Giroud, Oscarine Masuluke

Fan Award: Borussia Dortmund supporters, Celtic supporters, FC Copenhagen supporters.

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