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FIFA's The Best 2019: How does voting for work for awards?

Real Madrid and Croatia midfielder Luka Modric beat out Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah to win The Best Men's Award last year, denying the Portugal international three wins in a row.

Didier Deschamps scooped up The Best Men's Goalkeeper award, while Marta won The Best Women's Player award.

With this year's The Best FIFA Awards taking place at the Teatro all Scala in Milan, Italy on September 23 , here's what you need to know about how voting works for this year's awards, and who the nominees are.