How the Guardian ranked the 100 finest feminine footballers on this planet 2022 | Ladies’s soccer
It’s time for our fifth version of the most effective 100 feminine footballers on this planet and listed here are the judges who took half on this 12 months’s jury.
Among the most revered and influential men and women inside the recreation, together with the USA head coach, Vlatko Andonovski, the Arsenal supervisor, Jonas Eidevall, and Canada’s Olympic-winning head coach, Bev Priestman.
We’re additionally privileged to have had the US soccer author Grant Wahl, who tragically died whereas protecting the lads’s World Cup in Qatar this month, on the panel. Wahl was an incredible journalist who did a lot to advertise ladies’s soccer regardless of his busy schedule and his influence on journalism and the ladies’s recreation won’t ever be forgotten.
He’s a part of our largest jury but with many new faces, taking the variety of judges to 119, together with the Brazil legend Sissi, Germany’s World Cup-winning defender Babett Peter, the Barcelona head coach, Jonathan Giráldez, and the Italy legend Patrizia Panico, now supervisor at Fiorentina, amongst many others.
Their votes have been counted to see whether or not Alexia Putellas can turn into the primary participant to defend her crown or whether or not we may have a brand new Guardian finest feminine footballer on this planet.
The countdown begins on Wednesday 21 December with Nos 100-71. On Thursday we are going to reveal Nos 70-41, on Friday Nos 40-11 earlier than the highest 10 on Saturday to finish this 12 months’s record.
The judges are listed in alphabetical order by class.
Gamers
Janni Arnth Former Denmark worldwide with 93 caps; gained 4 main home league titles throughout 3 nations
Regina Baresi Former Italian striker who scored 108 objectives in 208 matches for Inter Milano
Marta Carissimi Former Italy worldwide with 18 caps; gained Serie A titles in 2015 and 2017
Arianna Criscione Former Italy worldwide with three caps; gained three consecutive Serie A titles with Torres
Theresa Eslund Former Denmark worldwide with 133 caps; gained 5 Danish league titles and performed within the Euro 2017 closing
Grace Gill Former Australia worldwide with one cap; gained two A-League titles with Canberra United
Guðbjörg Gunnarsdóttir Former Iceland worldwide with 64 caps; gained six home league titles throughout Iceland and Norway
Tuija Hyyrynen Former Finland worldwide with 115 caps; gained 5 consecutive Serie A league titles with Juventus
Maia Jackman Former New Zealand worldwide with 50 caps; performed for her nation on the 2007 World Cup
Haley Kopmeyer Former NWSL goalkeeper; gained two consecutive NWSL Shields with Seattle Reign in 2014 and 2015
Gina Lewandowski Former USA worldwide with one cap; gained the Champions League in 2008 and two Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich
Ella Masar Former USA worldwide with one cap; gained the Bundesliga title with Wolfsburg in 2019 and two Swedish Cups with FC Rosengård
Doreen Nabwire Former Kenya worldwide who performed professionally within the Netherlands and Germany; gained the Kenyan Premier League in 2012
Babett Peter Former Germany worldwide with 118 caps; gained a World Cup, European Championship, a Champions League and eight Bundesliga titles
Corine Petit Former France worldwide with 89 caps; gained 10 consecutive league titles with Lyon and 5 Champions League titles
Nicole Rolser Former Germany worldwide with two caps; gained two consecutive WSL titles with Liverpool, in 2013 and 2014, and a Bundesliga title with Bayern Munich
Jenny Ruiz-Williams Former Mexico worldwide with 36 caps; represented Seattle Reign within the NWSL
Desirée Schumann Former German goalkeeper; gained the 2010 U20 World Cup together with her nation, three Bundesliga titles and two Champions League titles
Sissi Former Brazil worldwide with 47 caps and 33 objectives; gained the Golden Boot on the 1999 World Cup
Leonne Stentler Former Netherlands worldwide with 16 caps; gained the Eredivisie title with ADO Den Haag in 2012
Coaches
Fabrice Abriel Fleury 91 supervisor
Juan Carlos Amorós NJ/NY Gotham supervisor
Vlatko Andonovski USA head coach
Natalia Arroyo Actual Sociedad supervisor
Colin Bell South Korea head coach
Leah Blayney Australia youth staff head coach
Shilene Booysen South Sudan head coach
Mariana Cabral Sporting Lisbon supervisor
Freya Coombe Angel Metropolis FC supervisor
Lluís Cortés Ukraine head coach
Laura Del Rio Spain U23 head coach
Nicola Demaine Former Papua New Guinea head coach
Jonas Eidevall Arsenal supervisor
Irene Fuhrmann Austria head coach
Peter Gerhardsson Sweden head coach
Jonatan Giráldez Barcelona supervisor
Ann-Helén Grahm Tigres UANL assistant supervisor
Richard Gunney Former San Diego Wave assistant supervisor
Ásmundur Haraldsson Iceland assistant head coach
Takayoshi Ishihara Former INAC Kobe supervisor
Per Inge Jacobsen Stabæk supervisor
Andrée Jeglertz Linköping supervisor
Kim Kulig Wolfsburg assistant supervisor
José Letelier Chile head coach
Pedro López Mexico head coach
Milagros Martínez Juarez supervisor
Martin Masaryk Sparta Prague supervisor
Theresa Merk SC Freiburg supervisor
Amandine Miquel Stade de Reims supervisor
Joe Montemurro Juventus supervisor
Patrizia Panico Fiorentina supervisor
Nina Patalon Poland head coach
Kristine Pedersen Denmark youth staff head coach
Bev Priestman Canada head coach
María Pry Madrid CFF supervisor
Rick De Rooij PSV supervisor
Cédric Roger Vietnam assistant head coach
Matt Ross South Korea assistant head coach
Angela Salem Washington Spirit assistant supervisor
Chris Sargeant FC Nordsjælland supervisor
Anna Signeul Finland head coach
Tatiele Silveira Former Santos, Gremio and Brazil youth staff head coach
Renée Slegers FC Rosengård supervisor
Kat Smith Western Sydney Wanderers supervisor
Lars Søndegaard Denmark head coach
Brian Sørensen Everton supervisor
Alessandro Spugna AS Roma supervisor
Alen Stajcic Philippines head coach
Alexander Straus Bayern Munich supervisor
Lene Terp Faroe Islands supervisor
Randy Waldrum Nigeria head coach
Jens Wedeborg IFK Kalmar supervisor
Chan Yuen Ting Jiangsu supervisor
Robert Vilahamn Häcken supervisor
Beverly Yanez Racing Louisville assistant supervisor
Abdullah Abdullah Freelance ladies’s soccer author and analyst within the UAE; revealed two ladies’s soccer books
Samuel Ahmadu Freelance ladies’s soccer author in Nigeria
Om Arvind Freelance ladies’s soccer author and analyst in Spain
David Astill Ladies’s soccer author and analyst at Complete Evaluation in England
Romain Balland Ladies’s soccer author and broadcaster in France
Annika Becker Freelance ladies’s soccer author in Germany
Alex Bishop Freelance ladies’s soccer author in Japan
Liana Buratti Digital content material lead at Soccer Australia and former ladies’s soccer author
Isobel Cootes Ladies’s soccer author for OPTUS Sport in Australia
Javiera Courtroom Arrau Ladies’s soccer author in Chile
Syanie Dalmat Ladies’s soccer author for L’Equipe in France
Seraina Degen Ladies’s soccer author and broadcaster for SRF Sport in Switzerland
Eileen Doeker Ladies’s soccer author for Sky Sports activities Deutschland in Germany
Cheryl Downes Co-founder and editor of Past 90 in Australia
Mia Eriksson Ladies’s soccer author in Sweden for TV4; co-host of Their Pitch
Alex Ibaceta Ladies’s soccer reporter for DAZN Europe
Harjeet Johal Freelance ladies’s soccer author in Canada
Meaghen Johnson Ladies’s soccer author and producer for TSN in Canada
Rachael Kriger Freelance ladies’s soccer author within the USA
Wealthy Laverty Freelance ladies’s soccer author in England; High 100 founder
Sophie Lawson Ladies’s soccer author for ESPN in England
Gianluca Lia Ladies’s soccer author for Malta Instances in Malta
Amber van Lieshout Ladies’s soccer author for Vrouwen Voetbal Nieuws within the Netherlands
David Menayo Ladies’s soccer author for Marca in Spain
Sofie Munch Ladies’s soccer author and broadcaster for TV 2 Sport in Denmark
Blair Newman Ladies’s soccer author and analyst within the USA
Antonio Loma Osorio Ladies’s soccer author in Chile
Christina Paulos Ladies’s soccer reporter for TV 2 Sport in Norway
Annemarie Postma Freelance ladies’s soccer author within the Netherlands
Sandra Prusina Ladies’s soccer broadcaster and reporter in Canada
Ameé Ruszkai Ladies’s soccer author for Aim.com in England
Romina Sacher Ladies’s soccer author and reporter in Argentina
Alicia Soares Ladies’s soccer author in Brazil
Megan Swanick Freelance ladies’s soccer author within the USA
Maria Tikas Ladies’s soccer author for Diario Sport in Spain
Joanna Tokarska Ladies’s soccer author and reporter in Poland
Hanna Urbaniak Ladies’s soccer author in Poland
Rivkah op het Veld Ladies’s soccer reporter for NOS Sport within the Netherlands
Amanda Viana Ladies’s soccer reporter in Brazil
Grant Wahl Freelance ladies’s soccer author within the USA
Julia Wanjeri Freelance ladies’s soccer author in Africa; founding father of JWSports
Suzy Wrack Ladies’s soccer author for The Guardian in England
Ayishatu Zakaria Ali Ladies’s soccer author advert reporter in Ghana
Amanda Zaza Ladies’s soccer reporter for Tv4/Fotbollskanalen in Sweden; co-host of Their Pitch
How they made their decisions
Our judges had been despatched a longlist of footballers drawn from leagues on each continent and requested one query: who’ve been the most effective feminine gamers on this planet in 2022?
We requested our judges to decide on 40 names every, and rank their choice so as from 1-40, No 1 being their alternative of the most effective participant this 12 months.
How the voting works
The No 1 alternative of every decide was awarded 40pts, No 2 given 39pts, right down to 1pt for his or her No 40 alternative. All of the votes had been added collectively to present a uncooked rating.
To minimise the affect of outliers, the best rating awarded to a participant was then deducted to present a closing rating.
A participant wanted to obtain votes from at the least 5 judges to qualify.
If gamers are stage on factors within the scoring, the variety of particular person votes solid is used as a tie-breaker.
Voting disclosure
We’re very grateful to our judges for participating, and none have been paid for taking part.