Official: Lionel Messi wins FIFA Men’s Best Player Award

It’s raining awards for the Argentina national team today. Following their incredible World Cup win in Qatar, Emiliano Martinez picked up the FIFA Best Goalkeeper Award, while Lionel Scaloni was awarded the Best Coach Award.

After these two, it’s none other than Lionel Messi, who has been presented with the FIFA Men’s Best Player of the Year Award.

The Argentine was nominated alongside Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe for the trophy, but has trumped both of them due to his performance this season and at the World Cup.

Messi had the second-highest goals at the tournament (7), one behind Kylian Mbappe, and the joint-highest assists (3), tied with Bruno Fernandes, Antoine Griezmann, Harry Kane, and Ivan Perisic.

After a brace in the final, Leo was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the tournament, becoming the only player in championship history to win it twice.

This is the second time Messi is winning this trophy. The first time, in 2019, he won it after his spectacular season with Barcelona, leading to La Liga, the Copa del Rey final, and Champions League semi-finals.