Chelsea Manager Tuchel Leads List of 7 Coaches Nominated for FIFA's Prestigious Award

• Three Premier League managers have been nominated by FIFA for the best coach award for their exploits last season
• Chelsea's Thomas Tuchel, Man City's Pep Guardiola and Tottenham's Antonio Conte have all been selected for the prestigious award
• Others are Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone, Italy's Roberto Mancini, Bayern's Hansi Flick and Argentina's Lionel Scaloni

Thomas Tuchel will be aiming to win the FIFA Best Men’s Coach Award after helping the Blues win the Champions League title for a second time last season, Tribuna, The Athletic.

The coaches nominated and their achievements

The Greman gaffer will be contending with Italian national team boss Roberto Mancini who led the Azzurri's to a second European title at Wembley.

Another contender on the list is Pep Guardiola who led Manchester City to the Premier League title, his third in his fourth season as coach of the Etihad outfit.

Lionel Scaloni wrote his name in the history books of Argentina after guiding the Albiceleste to their first Copa America title in 25 years. The former West Ham star has also been nominated.

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Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni has also been nominated for helping his side win the Copa America title earlier this year.

Diego Simeone's exploits with Atletico Madrid last season, winning La Liga title did not also go unnoticed for a worthy nomination.

Here are the list of 7 coaches nominated by FIFA:

1.) Antonio Conte (Italy/ FC Internazionale Milan /Tottenham Hotspur FC)

2.) Hansi Flick (German/FC Bayern München/German national team)

3.) Pep Guardiola (Spain/Manchester City FC)

4,) Roberto Mancini (Italy/Italian national team)

5.) Lionel Sebastián Scaloni (Argentina/Argentinian national team)

6.) Diego Simeone (Argentina/Atlético de Madrid)

7.) Thomas Tuchel (Germany/Chelsea FC)

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