According to the British World Soccer magazine

In its February issue, the authoritative English magazine published the results of their traditional polls. Since 1982, World Soccer has been identifying the best in the world of football - in particular, the Player and Coach of the Year.

Every time, in addition to the main nominations, the new ones appear. This time, the "Man of the Year" nomination was introduced, where the winner became the coach of "Kryvbas" Yurii Vernydub.

Among other things, World Soccer polls are interesting for us because they can be used to single out the best representatives in Central and Eastern European football. The 2022 full list of nominations is as follows:

2022 Football player of the year

L. Modric (Croatia; "Real Madrid" (Spain) – 90 points
R. Lewandowski (Poland; "Bayern" (Germany) + "Barcelona" (Spain) – 17
J. Guardiol (Croatia; "RB Leipzig" (Germany) – 1
K. Kvaratskhelia (Georgia; "Dynamo" Bt. + "Napoli" (Italy) – 1
D. Livakovic (Croatia; "Dynamo" Zg.) - 0 (was among the nominees)
I. Perisic (Croatia; "Inter" (Italy) + "Tottenham" (England) - 0 (was among the nominees)

Goalkeeper of the year: D. Livakovic (Croatia; "Dynamo" Zg.)

Coach of the year: Y. Vernydub (Ukraine; "Sheriff" + "Kryvbas")

Young football player of the year: J. Guardiol (Croatia; "RB Leipzig" (Germany)

According to the results of 2021, the list of the best representatives of football from Central and Eastern Europe was prepared by the statistical organization CIES (Switzerland), that compiled the corresponding index:

2021, Football player of the year

J. Oblak (Slovenia; "Atletico Madrid" (Spain) – 109.9 points
M. Skriniar (Slovakia; "Inter" (Italy) – 105.5
M. Brozovic (Croatia; "Inter" (Italy) – 98.7
R. Lewandowski (Poland; "Bayern" (Gemany) – 93.8
L. Modric (Croatia; "Real Madrid" (Spain) – 88.7
S. Handanovic (Slovenia; "Inter" (Italy) – 88.2

Goalkeeper of the year: J. Oblak (Slovenia; Atletico Madrid (Spain)

Coach of the year: Y. Vernydub (Ukraine; "Sheriff")

Young football playerof the year: I. Zabarny (Ukraine; "Dynamo")

Photo by the press service of FC "Kryvbas" and World Soccer magazine.