Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola named best men’s coach at FIFA awards
Pep Guardiola guided City to the treble last season, adding the Champions League crown to their Premier League and FA Cup triumphs (John Walton/PA)
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was named best men’s coach at The Best FIFA Awards 2023 in London.
Guardiola guided City to the treble last season, adding the Champions League crown to their Premier League and FA Cup triumphs.
Inter Milan boss Simone Inzaghi, former Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou, now at Tottenham, Luciano Spalletti, who took Napoli to the Serie A title, and Barcelona’s Xavi were also on the shortlist.
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Guardiola said: “I want to share this trophy and moment with our owners at Manchester City.
“On behalf of my backroom staff and myself, I want to say thank you so much to our players, that they have done for this club for eight years already together, without exception all of them.
“Thanks so much for this incredible journey because they don’t know what it means every morning to go there and live with them, winning or losing it doesn’t matter – living with them has been incredible.”
Sarina Wiegman took England to the World Cup final in Australia (John Walton/PA)
England boss Sarina Wiegman was named best women’s coach for the second successive year.
The Dutchwoman took England to the World Cup final in Australia, where they were beaten by Spain, having also won Euro 2022 on home soil.
Chelsea head coach Emma Hayes was also on the shortlist along with Sweden’s Peter Gerhardsson, Jonatan Giraldez (Barcelona) and Tony Gustavsson (Australia).
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