FIFA World Coach of the Year
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The FIFA World Coach of the Year was an annual award presented by football’s global governing body to recognize the best performing football coach in the world for a given year.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: FIFA World Coach of the Year Context triple: [José Mourinho, awardReceived, FIFA World Coach of the Year]
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A.
FIFA World Player of the Year
The FIFA World Player of the Year was an annual football award presented by FIFA from 1991 to 2009 to honor the world's best male and female players as voted by national team coaches and captains.
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B.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball is the award given to the best-performing player at each edition of the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
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C.
MLS Coach of the Year
The MLS Coach of the Year is an annual Major League Soccer award recognizing the league’s most outstanding head coach for that season.
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D.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove is an individual award presented to the best-performing goalkeeper at the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
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E.
Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football magazine to the player judged to have been the best in the world over the previous year.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: FIFA World Coach of the Year Target entity description: The FIFA World Coach of the Year was an annual award presented by football’s global governing body to recognize the best performing football coach in the world for a given year.
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A.
FIFA World Player of the Year
The FIFA World Player of the Year was an annual football award presented by FIFA from 1991 to 2009 to honor the world's best male and female players as voted by national team coaches and captains.
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B.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball is the award given to the best-performing player at each edition of the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
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C.
MLS Coach of the Year
The MLS Coach of the Year is an annual Major League Soccer award recognizing the league’s most outstanding head coach for that season.
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D.
FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove is an individual award presented to the best-performing goalkeeper at the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
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E.
Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award presented by France Football magazine to the player judged to have been the best in the world over the previous year.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual sports award
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association football award ⓘ football award ⓘ |
| awardedFor | best performing football coach in the world in a given year ⓘ |
| awardType | individual award ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Switzerland ⓘ |
| domain | professional football coaching ⓘ |
| endTime | 2015 ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 2010 ⓘ |
| followed | FIFA World Player of the Year era (as a new coaching award) ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
FIFA trophies and awards
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surface form:
FIFA association football awards
association football manager of the year awards ⓘ awards disestablished in 2015 ⓘ awards established in 2010 ⓘ |
| hasGenderCategory |
men's football
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women's football ⓘ |
| hasMediaCoverage | global sports media ⓘ |
| hasSelectionCriteria |
performance over the calendar year
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results in domestic competitions ⓘ results in international competitions ⓘ |
| hasSeparateAwardFor |
men's team coaches
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women's team coaches ⓘ |
| inception | 2010 ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialName | English ⓘ |
| lastAwarded | 2015 ⓘ |
| locationOfHeadquartersOfPresenter | Zurich ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Jill Ellis
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Joachim Löw ⓘ José Mourinho ⓘ Jupp Heynckes ⓘ Luis Enrique ⓘ Pep Guardiola ⓘ Pia Sundhage ⓘ Ralf Kellermann ⓘ Silvia Neid ⓘ Vicente del Bosque ⓘ |
| officialName | FIFA World Coach of the Year self-link ⓘ |
| organisedBy | FIFA Football Committee ⓘ |
| partOf | FIFA Ballon d'Or awards period ⓘ |
| presentedAt |
The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony
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surface form:
FIFA Ballon d'Or gala
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| presentedBy | FIFA ⓘ |
| replaced | no previous unified FIFA world coaching award ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
FIFA World Coach of the Year
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Best FIFA Men's Coach
Best FIFA Women’s Coach ⓘ
surface form:
The Best FIFA Women's Coach
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| selectionMethod |
votes by national team captains
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votes by national team coaches ⓘ votes by selected journalists ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
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The Best FIFA Men’s Coach
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FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football 2012
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FIFA World Women’s Coach of the Year
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The Best FIFA Men's Coach
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Best FIFA Men’s Coach 2016
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FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football
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The Best FIFA Men’s Coach