Argentina and Paris St-Germain ahead Lionel Messi has been named males’s participant of the 12 months on the 2022 Greatest Fifa Awards.
The 35-year-old beat French forwards Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema to the prize.
Messi captained Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar, and scored 27 objectives in 49 video games for membership and nation in 2021-22.
Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas was named ladies’s participant of the 12 months.
Messi, who received the award for a second time, mentioned: “It is superb. It has been an amazing 12 months and it is an honour for me to be right here and win this award. With out my team-mates I would not be right here.
“I achieved the dream I had been hoping for for therefore lengthy. Only a few folks can obtain that and I’ve been fortunate to take action.”
On the ceremony in Paris, Lionel Scaloni,who led Argentina to their third World Cup title, was named males’s coach of the 12 months.
Scaloni beat Pep Guardiola – who guided Manchester Metropolis to a sixth Premier League title – and Actual Madrid’s Champions League-winning boss Carlo Ancelotti to the honour.
England supervisor Sarina Wiegman was named ladies’s coach of the 12 months after main the Lionesses to European Championship glory on dwelling soil final 12 months, the staff’s first main trophy.
Aston Villa and Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez was recognised as the very best males’s goalkeeper, whereas England’s Mary Earps received the ladies’s award.
Martinez, 30, helped his nation win the World Cup, saving 4 penalties alongside the way in which together with within the shootout victory in opposition to France within the remaining.
Amassing his award, Martinez mentioned: “They all the time ask me who my idols are or who I watched after I was a child… watching my mum clear buildings for eight or 9 hours and watching my dad work. They’re my idols.”
Earps, who performs for Manchester United within the Girls’s Tremendous League, began all six of England’s video games at Euro 2022 as they received the competitors.
She mentioned: “For anybody who has been in a darkish place, simply know there may be mild on the finish of the tunnel, so maintain going. You’ll be able to obtain something that you just set your thoughts to.”
Amputee footballer Marcin Oleksy, of Polish aspect Warta Poznan, received the Fifa Puskas award for the very best purpose of the 12 months. He despatched a shocking overhead volley in opposition to Stal Rzeszow flying into the again of the web with the assistance of his crutches.
Recipient of the honest play award was Luka Lochoshvili, who held the tongue of his opponent, Georg Teigl, to save lots of his life after the midfielder had fallen unconscious.
Fifpro males’s world XI: Thibaut Courtois; Achraf Hakimi, Virgil van Dijk, Joao Cancelo; Kevin De Bruyne, Luka Modric, Casemiro; Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland, Karim Benzema, Kylian Mbappe.
Full listing of winners:
The Greatest males’s participant: Lionel Messi
The Greatest ladies’s participant: Alexia Putellas
The Greatest males’s goalkeeper: Emiliano Martinez
The Greatest ladies’s goalkeeper: Mary Earps
The Greatest males’s coach: Lionel Scaloni
The Greatest ladies’s coach: Sarina Wiegman
The Greatest Puskas award: Marcin Oleksy
The Greatest fan award: Argentina followers
The Greatest honest play award: Luka Lochoshvili
