{"id":16123,"date":"2024-01-15T16:13:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T21:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/best-fifa-awards-2023-england-goalkeeper-mary-earps-and-head-coach-sarina-wiegman-win-major-honours-football-news\/15\/01\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T16:13:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T21:13:38","slug":"best-fifa-awards-2023-england-goalkeeper-mary-earps-and-head-coach-sarina-wiegman-win-major-honours-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/best-fifa-awards-2023-england-goalkeeper-mary-earps-and-head-coach-sarina-wiegman-win-major-honours-football-news\/15\/01\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Best FIFA Awards 2023: England goalkeeper Mary Earps and head coach Sarina Wiegman win major honours | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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England boss Sarina Wiegman was named best women\u2019s coach at The Best FIFA Awards 2023, while Lionesses star Mary Earps won the women\u2019s goalkeeper award.<\/p>\n

Wiegman took home the best women’s coach for the second successive year and for a fourth time, having previously done so in 2017, 2020 and 2022.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Chelsea head coach Emma Hayes was also on the shortlist along with Sweden’s Peter Gerhardsson, Jonatan Giraldez (Barcelona) and Tony Gustavsson (Australia).<\/p>\n

Seven of Wiegman’s England squad made it into the FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World XI – goalkeeper Earps, defenders Lucy Bronze and Alex Greenwood, and Keira Walsh, Alessia Russo, Lauren James and Ella Toone.<\/p>\n

Barcelona defender Bronze said: “[The women’s game] is in the best place it has ever been. We showed that after the World Cup, but really the sky is the limit for women’s football.<\/p>\n

“Every year it is bigger and better in England, Spain and all around the world and each tournament gets even better.<\/p>\n

“We are stood here representing the World XI, but there are hundreds of thousands of women out there playing football at the highest level making the game what it is today.”<\/p>\n

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Manchester United goalkeeper Earps was soon called back to the stage to collect the best women’s goalkeeper award for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n

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The 30-year-old finished ahead of West Ham’s Mackenzie Arnold and Barcelona’s Catalina Coll.<\/p>\n

“Last year I won the award, but didn’t get in the team of the year – this year I thought it might be the other way around,” she said. “Thank you to all my coaches for England and United. I am just blown away.<\/p>\n

“I talk a lot about how it wasn’t the easiest journey here, I took the scenic route, but looking back now, it all makes sense.<\/p>\n

“It made me so much more prepared for the challenges I face today, and not to take a day for granted.<\/p>\n

“If you are struggling, keep going. It is never too late to be who you are – 2023 showed we can change the world if we speak out against injustice, so let’s keep doing that.”<\/p>\n

Mary Earps 360: Man Utd and England ‘keeper’s future assessed<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n
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Earps is one of the biggest stars on the planet and has no shortage of interest as she enters the last six months of her contract at Manchester United.<\/p>\n

Arsenal made a big-money offer for her in the summer, while the biggest clubs in Europe have closely watched the England No 1’s situation.<\/p>\n

Sky Sports News<\/em> reporter Anton Toloui gives the lowdown from all angles on what the future looks like for Earps.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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England boss Sarina Wiegman was named best women’s coach at The Best FIFA Awards 2023, while Lionesses star Mary Earps won the