Argentine superstar led Argentina’s national football team to their 3rd World Cup title in history in 2022 Qatar
Lionel Messi, the Argentine superstar, was named the Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2022 on Monday at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, France.
The 35-year-old won the prestigious award for the third time, following 2009 and 2019, ahead of his PSG teammate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid’s French striker Karim Benzema.
Messi led Argentina to their third World Cup title in history in December at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Alexia Putellas, a Spanish midfielder for Barcelona, received the 2022 Best FIFA Women’s Player award for the second time in a row.
Following FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s opening speech, a memorial video for Brazilian legend Pele, who died last December, was shown to the audience.
Former legendary Brazilian striker Ronaldo Nazario took the stage and presented a special award to Pele’s ex-wife, Marcia Aoki.
Mary Earps of Manchester United won the Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper award for 2022.
Former Brazilian national goalkeeper Julio Cesar presented the 2022 Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper award to Aston Villa’s Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, who had previously won the Golden Glove award at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The 2022 FIFA Puskas Award, which was presented to Warta Poznan’s amputee footballer from Poland, Marcin Oleksy was presented by Italian legend Alessandro Del Piero.
Sarina Wiegman, the head coach of the England women’s national football team, has been named the Best FIFA Women’s Coach for 2022.
The 2022 Best FIFA Men’s Coach award went to Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni, who led Argentina to victory in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The 2022 FIFA Fair Play Award went to Cremonese’s Georgian defender Luka Lochoshvili.
The 2022 FIFA Fan Award was given to Argentinian fans, who were overjoyed after Argentina’s 2022 FIFA World Cup victory.
The following players were named to the FIFPRO Women’s World 11:
Christiane Endler (Olympique Lyonnais, Chile), Lucy Bronze (Manchester City/Barcelona, England), Mapi Leon (Barcelona, Spain), Wendie Renard (Olympique Lyonnais, France), Leah Williamson (Arsenal, England), Lena Oberdorf (Wolfsburg, Germany), Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, Spain), Keira Walsh (Manchester City/Barcelona, England), Sam Kerr (Chelsea, Australia), Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride/San Diego Wave, USA) and Beth Mead (Arsenal, England).
The players who were included in the FIFPRO Men’s World 11 are as follows:
Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, Belgium), Joao Cancelo (Manchester City/Bayern Munich, Portugal), Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain, Morocco), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, Netherlands), Casemiro (Real Madrid/Manchester United, Brazil), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium), Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France), Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund/Manchester City, Norway), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain, France) and Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain, Argentina).
