Lionel Messi, Barcelona forward, has set a record of winning the FIFA best male footballer of the year
six times.
The 32-year-old was announced the
winner at a ceremony on Monday; beating his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo and
Virgil van Dijk, who was recently named UEFA player of the year.
Having missed the cut last
season, Messi scored 36 league goals to clinch the 2019 gong.
He won the European Shoe for the
sixth time.
He scored 12 goals in just 10
appearances in the Champions League which fired him to the top of the
goalscoring charts in Europe’s biggest club competition.
In total, Messi scored 51 goals
in 49 games; making it the sixth time he has exceeded the 50 goals-a-season
barrier.
The Best FIFA Awards was launched
in 2016 after France Football broke the Ballon d’Or away from world football’s
governing body following corruption allegations.
The 2019 FIFA Best Award ceremony
was held at the Teatro Alla Scala in Milan on Monday night.
Megan Rapinoe of the USA won the
Best Women’s Player of the year award ahead of compatriots, Alex Morgan and
England’s Lucy Bronze.
Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp was
named Best Men’s coach of the year beating English Premier League compatriots
of Pep Guardiola and Mauricio Pochettino of Manchester City and Tottenham
Hotspur respectively.
“What can I say. I have to say
thank you to a lot of people obviously. Nobody would have expected this 20
years ago, five years ago, four years ago,” Klopp said.
“Mauricio I won that game, that’s
why I’m here not you. That’s just how football is.
“I say thank you to my club. I
have to thank my team. As a coach, you can only be as good as your team.
“I’m really proud of being a
manager of an incredible bunch. I don’t understand 100% individual prizes. But
I get it. I’m here for a lot of people.
“I’m really proud to announce
that I’m a member of the Common Goal family.”
For the Best Women’s coach award,
Jill Ellis of the USWNT beat England’s Phil Neville and Sarina Wiegman of
Netherlands.
Here is a full list of FIFA Best
Awards
Best Men’s player
Lionel Messi
(Barcelona/Argentina)
Best Women’s player
Megan
Rapinoe (Reign FC/USA)
Best Men’s Coach
Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)
Best Women’s coach
Jill Ellis (USA)
Best Women’s goalkeeper
Sari van Veenendaal (Atletico
Madrid/Netherlands)
Best Men’s Best Goalkeeper
Alisson Becker
(Liverpool/Brazil),
Puskas Award
Daniel Zsori (Debrecen v
Ferencvaros)
Best Fan
Silvia Grecco
Best Fair Play
Marcelo Bielsa and Leeds United
FC
Best FIFPro Men’s XI
Alisson Becker, Matthijs de Ligt,
Sergio Ramos, Virgil Van Dijk, Marcelo, Luka Modric, Eden Hazard, Frenkie de
Jong, Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi
Best FIFPro Women’s XI
Sari van Veenendaal, Lucy Bronze,
Wendy Renard, Nilla Fisher, Kelley O’Hara, Amandine Henry, Julie Ertz, Marta,
Rose Lavalle, Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan
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