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Scaloni won the award at The Best FIFA Football Awards in Paris. He beat out Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola, who were also in the running.
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach for 2022 is Lionel Scaloni. Scaloni was given the prestigious award after leading Argentina to win the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
Scaloni won the award at The Best FIFA Football Awards in Paris. He beat out Carlo Ancelotti and Pep Guardiola, who were also in the running.
Lionel Scaloni: #TheBest FIFA Men’s Coach 2022 👏 pic.twitter.com/j6HyKopWnw
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) February 27, 2023
The award was chosen by coaches and captains of national teams and by expert journalists and fans worldwide.
Lionel Scaloni is a legend in his home country because he led Argentina to the promised land of Qatar in 2022. Scaloni’s calm, assertive leadership helped his team recover from a shocking loss to Saudi Arabia in the first game.
La Albiceleste made it to the Round of 16 with wins over Mexico and Poland, and as the tournament went on, they kept getting bigger and more confident.
Scaloni used the emotional energy of Argentina’s crazy fans in Qatar to help bring the fans and players closer together.
His team beat Australia, the Netherlands, and Croatia to reach the final. They combined world-class talent with steel, passion, and a fierce will to win.
Holders France stood in the way of football history, but Scaloni and his team won a spectacular, jaw-dropping final and wrote their names into the history books.
How was the Winner of the Best FIFA Men’s Coach Award Chosen?
- The Best FIFA Men’s Coach award was first given to five coaches. A panel of experts chose these coaches.
- Men’s national team coaches, national team captains, football journalists, and fans who voted on FIFA’s website chose from this shortlist. People chose their first, second, and third choices for who they thought should win.
- Nominees were given points based on where they came in the list (five points for first, three for second, and one for third).
- The coaches nominated for the national team could not vote for themselves.
- There were four groups of voters: coaches, captains, journalists, and fans. Each group’s votes counted for 25% of the total vote, no matter how many people were in that group.
- The person with the most points was given the Best FIFA Men’s Coach award.
Independent observers kept an eye on the voting for the Best FIFA Men’s Coach award.
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