Zinedine Zidane, Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte are among the names on the shortlist for the Best FIFA Men’s Coach award for 2017.
Zidane led Real Madrid to winning the La Liga, Champions League and Club World Cup last season, while Mourinho claimed three trophies in his first term with Manchester United.
Conte clinched the Premier League title in his first season as Chelsea manager.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is also nominated, despite failing to win a trophy last term, along with Atletico Madrid’s Diego Simeone and Juventus’ double-winning specialist Massimiliano Allegri.
The 12-man list was compiled by a panel of former stars including Cafu, Diego Maradona, Carles Puyol and Edwin van der Sar.
A final trio of nominees will now be decided by a combination of a public vote, which runs between August 21 and September 7, as well as input from national team captains, coaches and a panel of media representatives.
SHORTLIST IN FULL: Massimiliano Allegri (Juventus) Carlo Ancelotti (Bayern Munich) Antonio Conte (Chelsea) Luis Enrique (Unattached, at Barcelona in 2016-17) Pep Guardiola (Manchester City) Leonardo Jardim (Monaco) Joachim Low (Germany) Jose Mourinho (Manchester United) Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham) Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid) Tite (Brazil) Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
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