Ancelotti also won the equivalent award at the Ballon d’Or – meaning Xabi Alonso was not recognised in either for leading Bayer Leverkusen to their first German double.
Most of the previous winners at the Fifa Best Awards have been Premier League bosses – Claudio Ranieri, Jurgen Klopp (twice), Thomas Tuchel and last year Pep Guardiola.
“I started as a professional player in 1976 – 48 years in football – and football has given to me and is giving me a lot of emotion. Most of the time positive, sometimes negative. But emotion is the only reason that after 48 years, I’m still alive,”-Ancelotti
He has become the first Italian manager to receive it since Claudio Ranieri in 2016, after finishing second in 2022. Additionally, this award comes shortly after he received the Johan Cruyff trophy at the Ballon d’Or.
