France and Paris Saint-Germain attacker Ousmane Dembele won the men\u2019s FIFA Best award at a ceremony in Qatar on Tuesday December 16, 2025, while Barcelona midfield maestro Aitana Bonmati collected the women\u2019s prize.<\/p>\n
Dembele, 28, won the Ballon d\u2019Or in September, rewarding an exceptional season with PSG, which included the Ligue 1 club\u2019s first Champions League title.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to thank my teammates. Hard work pays off, it\u2019s been a fantastic year for me, both individually and collectively,\u201d said Dembele after the ceremony, which took place on the eve of the Intercontinental Cup final between PSG and Flamengo, also being held in Qatar.<\/p>\n
Former Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona forward Dembele, who was part of the France team that won the World Cup in 2018, scored 35 goals in all competitions as PSG claimed a French league and cup double as well as European glory.<\/p>\n
PSG\u2019s Spanish coach Luis Enrique was named best coach of a men\u2019s team, ahead of Barcelona\u2019s Hansi Flick and Liverpool\u2019s Premier League winning manager Arne Slot.<\/p>\n
Bonmati, 27, was crowned women\u2019s player of the year for the third time in a row, after also picking up her third consecutive Ballon d\u2019Or in the autumn.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am grateful to have the honour,\u201d she said, before thanking her team-mates and coaches, as well as the fans who voted for her.<\/p>\n
The personal awards come at the end of a year of ups and downs for the Spaniard, who won the Spanish domestic league crown lost both the Champions League and European Championship finals last season.<\/p>\n
Bonmati was named player of the tournament at the Euros, despite not starting either of Spain\u2019s first two matches as she recovered from a bout of viral meningitis.<\/p>\n
She is currently out of action after fracturing her leg in training on the eve of Spain\u2019s successful Nations League final second leg win over Germany.<\/p>\n
England manager Sarina Wiegman picked up the award for coaching a women\u2019s side after she won a third consecutive Euros title in the summer.<\/p>\n
In the goalkeeping category, Italy\u2019s Gianluigi Donnarumma, who joined Manchester City after winning the Champions League with PSG, picked up the men\u2019s award, while Chelsea\u2019s Euro 2025 winner Hannah Hampton won the trophy in the women\u2019s category.<\/p>\n
Santiago Montiel won the coveted Puskas award for best goal of the year thanks to his overhead kick from outside the penalty area for Independiente against Independiente Rivadavia in an Argentinian topflight match.<\/p>\n
Lizbeth Ovalle\u2019s scorpion kick for Tigres against Guadalajara in a Mexican league match won the Marta award.<\/p>\n
The winners were chosen by a combined vote of fans, media representatives, captains and national team coaches for their performances between August 11, 2024 and August 2, 2025.<\/p>\n
The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player: Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, PSG<\/p>\n
The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player: Aitana Bonmat\u00ed, Barcelona<\/p>\n
The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Coach: Luis Enrique, PSG<\/p>\n
The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Coach: Sarina Wiegman, England<\/p>\n
The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma, PSG<\/p>\n
The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Goalkeeper: Hannah Hampton, Chelsea<\/p>\n
The FIFA Pusk\u00e1s Award (best men\u2019s goal): Santiago Montiel\u2019s goal for
\nIndependiente against Independiente Rivadavia on May 11 2025 in Argentinian Liga Profesional de F\u00fatbol<\/p>\n
The FIFA Marta Award (best women\u2019s goal): Lizbeth Ovalle\u2019s goal for Tigres against Guadalajara on March 3 2025 in Mexican Liga MX Femenil<\/p>\n
The Best FIFA Men\u2019s XI: Gianluigi Donnarumma \u2013 Achraf Hakimi, Willian Pacho, Virgil van Dijk, Nuno Mendes \u2013 Cole Palmer, Vitinha, Pedri, Jude Bellingham \u2013 Ousmane Dembele, Lamine Yamal<\/p>\n
The Best FIFA Women\u2019s XI: Hannah Hampton \u2013 Lucy Bronze, Leah Williamson, Irene Paredes, Ona Batlle \u2013 Aitana Bonmati, Patricia Guijarro, Claudia Pina \u2013 Alexia Putellas, Alessia Russo, Mariona Caldentey<\/p>\n
The FIFA Fan Award: Zakho SC (Iraq) fans, who donated stuffed toys to children with illnesses<\/p>\n
The FIFA Fair Play Award: Andreas Harlass-Neuking, SSV Jahn Regensburg team doctor, who saved the life of a fan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France and Paris Saint-Germain attacker Ousmane Dembele won the men\u2019s FIFA Best award at a ceremony in Qatar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-353561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}