Lionel Messi won The Best FIFA men’s player prize for 2022 on Monday, Feb. 27, on the back of his World Cup triumph with Argentina and Spain’s Alexia Putellas retained the women’s award at a ceremony in Paris.
Argentina and Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi poses on stage after receiving the Best FIFA Mens Player award during the Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 ceremony in Paris on February 27, 2023.
It is the second time that Messi has won the honor inaugurated by FIFA in 2016 after football’s world governing body split from Ballon d’Or organizers France Football. He also claimed the Golden Ball for the best player at the tournament, although Mbappe was the top scorer with eight goals, one more than Messi.
He took the prize just 24 hours after combining with Mbappe to lead PSG to a 3-0 win against Marseille in Ligue 1.The 35-year-old, a seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, succeeds Polish star Robert Lewandowski on the FIFA honours list, while Putellas retained the women’s prize despite spending the second half of last year out injured.
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