FIFA has released its final shortlist for the coach of the year award. The football body released the list on its website today.
The three coaches on the list are Leicester City’s Claudio Ranieri, Portugal coach Fernando Santos and Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane.
They were all big winners in Europe in 2016. Claudio Ranieri led relatively unknown, inexperienced Leicester side to an impressive premier league championship last season.
Fernando Santos led the Portuguese team to a surprise Euro 2016 victory while Zinedine Zidane has had a winning run at Spanish giants, Real Madrid, leading them to a UEFA champions league championship last season.
The list of names was trimmed from ten to three, with one to be honoured as The Best in Zurich on Monday 9 January. Luis Enrique, Diego Simeone, Chris Coleman, Jurgen Klopp, Mauricio Pochettino, Didier Deschamps and Pep Guardiola had also been on the shortlist before it was narrowed down to the final three nominees.