FIFA announce finalists for Best Women's Coach and Best Men's Coach awards
England Women manager Sarina Wiegman and Manchester City's Pep Guardiola are among the names shortlisted for the The Best FIFA Women's Coach and The Best FIFA Men's Coach awards for 2023. FIFA have announced the six managers who have been named as finalists for both award s, with Wiegman being among Chelsea Women manager Emma Hayes and Barcelona Femeni's Jonatan Giraldez as the trio in contention for the Women's Coach award . Pep Guardiola is going up against Italian coaches Simone Inzaghi and Luciano Spalletti for the men's gong. Wiegman will be hoping to receive the Women's Coach award a record fourth time, having already won it in 2017, 2020 and 2022. The Dutch national enjoyed yet another fantastic year as England's manager in 2023, guiding the Lionesses to their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup final - a final they would eventually lose to Spain in Australia. A top manager / ANP/GettyImages Hayes, another former winner of the award , has earne...