On Monday, February 27, the annual, already seventh in history, The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony was held in Paris, which determined the winners at the end of 2022 in nine categories.
“The best player in the world” According to FIFA, for the seventh time in history, PSG forward and the Argentina national team, Lionel Messi, who finally became the world champion as part of his national team last year, was recognized. According to the results of the voting of journalists, head coaches and captains of national teams from around the world, as well as fans, the 35-year-old Argentine was ahead of his PSG partner, French striker Kylian Mbappé, as well as another Frenchman, Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema. Like his partners in the Madrid club, he did not come to the event in protest that his teammate Vinicius Junior was not included in the symbolic team at the end of 2022.
The FIFA national team for 2022 included: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Joao Cancelo (Manchester City/Bayern), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Casemiro (Manchester United), Lionel Messi (PSG), Kylian Mbappe (PSG), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) and Erling Haaland (Manchester City).
Reward “The best goalkeeper of men’s teams” went to the world champion in Argentina, 30-year-old Emiliano Martinez from the English Aston Villa, ahead of his colleagues in the role of Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, Real Madrid) and Yassin Bono (Morocco, Sevilla).
In nomination “Best Goal of the Year” (the Ferenc Puskas Prize has been awarded since 2009) defeated the chic ball of the Polish one-legged footballer Marcin Oleksa after being hit in the fall by himself in the match of the local amputee championship between Warta and Stal.
“Best Male Coach” - Mentor of the Argentina national team, world champions 2022 Lionel Scaloni. The mentor of Real Madrid 2021/2022 Champions League winner Carlo Ancelotti and Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola were also nominated for the award.
Awards in other categories were received by:
“Best Female Player” - Alexia Putellas (Barcelona, Spain national team).
“The best goalkeeper in women’s football” Mary Earps (Manchester United, England)
“Best Women’s Coach” - Sarina Wigman (Netherlands)
FIFA Fair Play Award - ex-football player of Dynamo Kyiv Luka Lochoshvili (however, in the period from 2017 to 2020, he did not play a single match for the White-Blues). In February last year, a Georgian football player, playing for the Austrian Wolfsberger, in the match of the Austrian championship against Austria, came to the aid of an opponent who lost consciousness during the match, and thereby saved lives.
#Lochoshvili ha ricevuto il premi “Best emotion of the year” for quanto accaduto in Austria Vienna-Wolfsberg
Dopo must remember that avversario will bring dinese si subito scagliato a soccurrlo ea salvargli la vita
Negli abbracci da parte degli avversari, cè tutto pic.twitter.com/IlAZ8RyluF- US Cremonese (@US Cremonese) October 11, 2022
FIFA Fan Award - Fans of the Argentina national team.
Note that a separate part of the ceremony in Paris was dedicated to the King of Football, the legendary Brazilian footballer Pele, who died on December 29 last year. “When I think of Pele, I see a footballer ahead of his time. He kicked with both feet, jumped higher than others, scored goals for the Chileans with his head … He was an incredibly smart player. When I had my first major injury, he came and encouraged me.”, - the two-time winner of the Golden Ball remembered his legendary compatriot Ronaldo.
Earlier reported that Frenchman Karim Benzema won the Golden Ball for the first time in his career.
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