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Lionel Messi crowned best men’s player of 2022 at FIFA’s The Best awards after World Cup heroics with Argentina
First Published: 28th February, 2023 13:39 IST
Lionel Messi has been crowned the best men’s player at the 2022 The Best FIFA Awards after leading Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar. Messi helped Argentina to World
Lionel Messi has been crowned the best men’s player at the 2022 The Best FIFA Awards after leading Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar.
- Messi helped Argentina to World Cup glory
- Also picked up Golden Ball in Qatar
- Is his second FIFA Best men’s player award
WHAT HAPPENED? The boy from Rosario finally got his hands on the coveted international trophy at the fifth time of asking and was pivotal to his nation’s success in the winter. Messi amassed a staggering seven goals and three assists during the tournament, scoring in each knockout round – having never done so in his international career before Qatar – with his most memorable contribution being his brace in a dramatic final in Lusail.
THE BIGGER PICTURE: The Albiceleste captain also picked up the Golden Ball award as the tournament’s best player, becoming the first player in history to receive the prize twice, having won it in Brazil in 2014. Messi is yet to win a team trophy with Paris Saint-Germain this campaign but has chipped in with a mammoth 33 goal contributions in 28 matches, as Christophe Galtier’s side sit eight points clear at the Ligue 1 summit.
AND WHAT’S MORE: Monday’s award is the second time Messi has won FIFA’s The Best men’s player since its rebranding in 2016, adding to his FIFA World Player of the Year award received back in 2009. His second win pulls him level with Cristiano Ronaldo (2016, 2017) and Robert Lewandowski (2020, 2021), who have shared all but one of the prizes, with only the 2018 edition awarded to a different player, Luka Modric.
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DID YOU KNOW? Messi is the only player to score in the World Cup in his teens, 20s and 30s.
WHAT NEXT? Having picked up FIFA’s esteemed individual award, Messi will be hoping to continue his fine form at club level when PSG host Nantes in the league on Sunday.
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