Lionel Messi: PSG forward wins Best Fifa men's player of the year award

35-year-old PSG/Argentina Lionel Messi was crowned 2022 Best FIFA Men's Player at the Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 ceremony held in Paris on Monday, February 27. This is the second time Messi is winning the award since its inception in 2016, and now joins Cristiano Ronaldo and Robert Lewandowski as two-time winners. French duo Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema came second and third respectively. Mbappe for his World Cup heroics being top scorer and first person to score a hat-trick in the World Cup final since Sir Geoff Hurst; Benzema thanks to his key role in guiding Real Madrid to Champions League victory.

Messi won the award thanks to his Qatar World Cup glory, in addition to scoring 18 goals and recording six assists on international level. On receiving the award, he said: “I’d like to express thanks to my team-mates, to Scaloni [Argentina coach] and without them I wouldn’t be here. My coach, he is part of this victory as well. I’d like to pay tribute to all of my team-mates. It was an amazing year and I achieved a dream I’ve been hoping for so long.

"Finally I achieved it. It’s a dream for any player. Very few players can achieve that and I’ve been lucky enough to do it.”

The winners of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022:

· The Best FIFA Women's Player: Alexia Putellas (Spain/FC Barcelona Femení)

· The Best FIFA Men's Player: Lionel Messi (Argentina/Paris Saint-Germain FC)

· The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper: Mary Earps (England/Manchester United WFC)

· The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper: Emiliano Martínez (Argentina/Aston Villa FC)

· The Best FIFA Women's Coach: Sarina Wiegman (England Women’s National Team)

· The Best FIFA Men's Coach: Lionel Scaloni (Argentina Men’s National Team)

· The FIFA Puskás Award: Marcin Oleksy (Poland/Warta Poznań)

· The FIFA Fair Play Award: Luka Lochoshvili (Georgia/Wolfsberger AC/U.S. Cremonese)

· The FIFA Fan Award: Argentinian Fans

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