The national goalkeeper could not revalidate the prize awarded by FIFA for the 2022 season. The Englishwoman Mary Earps, titled with her Eurocup champion team, kept the trophy. Yes, he was considered in the ideal team.
Christiane Endler could not repeat. The national goalkeeper was among the shortlist of football players who fought for The Best award, given by FIFA to recognize the best goalkeeper. The Chilean was betting to get it for the second time in a row after the award she received last season . This was his fourth nomination. In the 2019 and 2020 versions, he remained in second place.
This Monday, during the ceremony organized in Paris, which was made amid a ceremony that paid moving tributes to Pelé, the best player in football history, who died in December 2022, England’s Mary Earps was honored, who won the title with her team in as Eurocup champion, got the trophy.
The other competitor was Ann-Katrin Berger , a Chelsea player whom the Chilean had already beaten in the previous version. With the Blues, she was vice-champion of the last European Cup with the German team.
Endler arrived early in the day for the ceremony. Among her achievements at the collective level and which gave weight to her candidacy is the fact of being champion of the French championship and the Supercup of France 2021-2022 with Lyon. . Although at that time his greatest achievement was to crown himself with the title of the Women’s Champions League , being the first Chilean footballer to achieve this. In fact, she also became the first non-Brazilian to win the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores de América. The Chilean was however considered in the ideal team.
In turn, on an individual level, she was awarded as the best goalkeeper in the last Champions League and as the best in her position in 2022 according to the International Federation of History and Statistics (IFFHS).
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