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FIFA announces candidates for The Best Women's Player

| | Nov 04, 2016, at 04:00 pm
Zurich, Nov 4 (IBNS): FIFA on Thursday announced the list of candidates for the Best Female player of the year 2016, an official release stated.

Ten women have been shortlisted as candidates for The Best FIFA Women’s Player 2016 by experts from the Committee for Women’s Football and the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The winner will be crowned at The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony in Zurich on Jan 9, 2017.

The candidates, in alphabetical order, are:

Camille Abily (France/Olympique Lyonnais)

Melanie Behringer (Germany/FC Bayern Munich)

Sara Däbritz (Germany/FC Bayern Munich)

Amandine Henry (France/Portland Thorns)

Saki Kumagai (Japan/Olympique Lyonnais)

Carli Lloyd (USA/Houston Dash)

Dzsenifer Marozsán (Germany/1. FFC Frankfurt/Olympique Lyonnais)

Marta (Brazil/FC Rosengård)

Lotta Schelin (Sweden/Olympique Lyonnais/ FC Rosengård)

Christine Sinclair (Canada/Portland Thorns).

Image: FIFA.com

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