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Lionel Messi voted Sadio Mane to win FIFA's Best Men's Player of the Year Award


Lionel Messi was honored yesterday night at Milan with football's most prestigious individual award - The Best FIFA Men's Player of the Year Award. He beat rivals Virgilvan Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo to the gong. Messi had 46% of the votes, the Liverpool center-back had 38%, and Ronaldo, 36 %.
Here's whom the three finalists voted for:
  • Messi voted Sadio Mane, the biggest shock of the finalists' votes. 
  • Ronaldo voted for former Ajax defender and current Juventus team-mate Matthijs de Ligt. 
  • Van Dijk voted Messi.

Those who participated in the voting process were the world's international captains and their managers, and a selected journalist from each country. Each voter had to select three candidates, with their first receiving five points, their second three points, and their third, a point.
  • Messi - the Argentina captain voted Sadio Mane first, Cristiano Ronaldo second, and Frenkie de Jong third. 
  • Virgil van Dijk - the Netherlands captain, voted Messi first, Mohamed Salah second, and Sadio Mane third. 
  • Cristiano Ronaldo - the Portugal captain, voted Matthijs de Ligt second, Frenkie de Jong second, and Kylian Mbappe third. No Messi for Ronaldo, as always.

Here's the ranking of some of the other captains' and managers' votes:

Gareth Southgate - England coach
(1st) Lionel Messi (2nd) Cristiano Ronaldo (3rd) Virgil van Dijk
Harry Kane - England captain
(1st) Lionel Messi (2nd) Virgil van Dijk (3rd) Cristiano Ronaldo
Luka Modric - Croatia captain
(1st) Cristiano Ronaldo (2nd) Eden Hazard (3rd) Lionel Messi
Hugo Lloris - France captain
(1st) Lionel Messi (2nd) Cristiano Ronaldo (3rd) Kylian Mbappe
Manuel Neuer - Germany captain
(1st) Virgil van Dijk (2nd) Sadio Mane (3rd) Eden Hazard
Sergio Ramos - Spain captain
(1st) Eden Hazard (2nd) Cristiano Ronaldo (3rd) Mohamed Salah
Eden Hazard - Belgium captain
(1st) Sadio Mane (2nd) Virgil van Dijk (3rd) Lionel Messi
Seamus Coleman - Republic of Ireland captain
(1st) Lionel Messi (2nd) Virgil van Dijk (3rd) Cristiano Ronaldo
Andrew Robertson - Scotland captain
(1st) Virgil van Dijki (2nd) Frenkie de Jong (3rd) Sadio Mane
Here's the final ranking of the 10 finalists, according to votes:
  • Lionel Messi - Barcelona
  • Vrgil van Dijk - Liverpool
  • Cristiano Ronaldo - Juventus
  • Mohamed Salah - Liverpool
  • Sadio Mane - Liverpool
  • Kylian Mbappe - Paris Saint-Germain
  • Frenkie de Jong - Barcelona
  • Eden Hazard - Real Madrid
  • Matthijs de Ligt - Juventus
  • Harry Kane - Tottenham




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