United States head coach Emma Hayes was named greatest ladies’s coach for a second time at The Greatest FIFA Awards 2024 whereas Actual Madrid winger Vinicius Jr was named greatest males’s participant.

The 48-year-old Hayes guided Chelsea to a fifth successive Ladies’s Tremendous League title final season earlier than leaving to take over the USA and main them to Olympic gold in Paris.

It’s the second time Hayes has gained the award after she took the prize in 2021. She reclaims the title from England boss Sarina Wiegman, who gained it in 2022 and 2023.

And it completes a 12 months to recollect for Hayes after she was additionally awarded the Ballon d’Or for ladies’s coach of the 12 months in October.

She fought off competitors from the likes of Manchester Metropolis head coach Gareth Taylor and her Chelsea successor Sonia Bompastor to say the award in Qatar.

Hayes instructed fifa.com: “It’s an unbelievable accolade and one which I by no means take with no consideration. It’s been an incredible 12 months, so I really feel actually honoured and privileged to obtain the award.”

Brazil star Vinicius and his membership Actual Madrid failed to show up on the Ballon d’Or award ceremony in October when he misplaced out to Manchester Metropolis’s Rodri, however he picked up his first FIFA award after Lionel Messi took the prize within the earlier two years.

Vinicius obtained his fingers on the award after he helped Actual win LaLiga and the Champions League in 2023-24 and scored 24 targets in all competitions, with 11 assists.

Vinicius reversed the order from the Ballon d’Or, ending in first place forward of Rodri, with England’s Jude Bellingham third and Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe amongst these finishing the listing.

Vinicius mentioned: “I don’t even know the place to start. It was so far-off that it appeared unattainable to get right here.

“I used to be a child who solely performed soccer barefoot on the streets of Sao Goncalo, near poverty and crime. Getting right here is one thing crucial to me. I’m doing it for a lot of kids who assume that all the pieces is unattainable and who assume they will’t get right here

Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martinez took the prize for goalkeeper of the 12 months after he helped Argentina win the Copa America. He was amongst 5 Premier League gamers included within the males’s group of the 12 months alongside Ruben Dias, William Saliba, Rodri and Haaland, with six LaLiga gamers finishing the aspect together with Bellingham.

Barcelona and Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati was named greatest ladies’s participant for a second successive 12 months and Carlo Ancelotti was topped greatest coach of the 12 months to finish a profitable night time for Spanish soccer.

Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho gained the Puskas Award for his sensational overhead kick towards Everton in November 2023. Marta gained the equal award for the perfect purpose in ladies’s soccer, named after the Brazil ahead herself.

:: The winners of The Greatest FIFA Soccer Awards 2024

The Greatest FIFA Males’s Participant 2024 winner: Vinicius Junior (Brazil/Actual Madrid)The Greatest FIFA Males’s Coach 2024 winner: Carlo Ancelotti (Actual Madrid)The Greatest FIFA Males’s Goalkeeper 2024 winner: Emiliano Martinez (Argentina/Aston Villa)The Greatest FIFA Ladies’s Participant 2024 winner: Aitana Bonmati (Spain/Barcelona)The Greatest FIFA Marta Award 2024 Winner: Marta (Brazil)The Greatest FIFA Ladies’s Coach 2024 winner: Emma Hayes (USA/Chelsea)The Greatest FIFA Ladies’s Goalkeeper 2024 winner: Alyssa Naeher (USA/Chicago Crimson Stars)The Greatest FIFA Puskas Award 2024 winner: Alejandro Garnacho (Manchester United)