Luka Modric following a sensational season at club and country was handed the FIFA Player of 2018 award.

The award is selected by national team coaches, captains and some selected journalists from FIFA member nations.

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Asamoah Gyan, the skipper of the Black Stars and James Kwesi Appiah, the coach of the senior male national football team should have voted for Ghana, but their names didn’t appear on the voting list released by FIFA, meaning they didn’t cast their votes.

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It's unknown if the shutdown of the Ghana Football Association secretariat is a factor.