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World Cup-winning captain <keyword id="704" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Lionel-Messi" source="Orion">Lionel Messi</keyword> took home the award for the Best International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) Men's Player following Argentina's historic World Cup 2022 triumph, at The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 held in Paris on Monday, February 27. The talismanic striker beat France's Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema to clinch the laurel. The Argentine star scored seven goals in the side's World Cup triumph, missing out on the golden boot by just one goal. This was the PSG star's second FIFA Best title, his first coming in 2019. Messi has also won a record seven Ballon d'Or awards. "It's amazing. It was a tremendous year and it is an honour for me to be here tonight and win this award. I want to express my thanks to [coach Lionel] Scaloni and my teammates; without them, I would not be here. I achieved a dream I had been hoping for so long and finally, I achieved it. It's a dream for any player; very few people can achieve that and I was lucky enough to do so," said Messi as quoted by ESPN. FC Barcelona Femeni's Spanish midfielder <keyword id="1738734" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Alexia-Putellas" source="Orion">Alexia Putellas</keyword> was recognised as the Best FIFA Women's Player for the second time in a row after a successful year which saw her club win a third successive league title. Mary Earps was voted the Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper after a year in which she lifted the UEFA Women's EURO 2022 with the Lionesses. Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez got his hands on the Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper prize following his outstanding performances throughout FIFA World Cup 2022. The English national team's manager Sarina Wiegman won the Best FIFA Women's Coach after leading the Lionesses to European glory and her second successive UEFA EURO title, while Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni added the Best FIFA Men's Coach to his trophy cabinet, alongside the FIFA World Cup trophy. The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony also recognised the standout goal of the year as Marcin Oleksy won the FIFA Puskas Award for his impressive finish. Georgian player Luka Lochoshvili picked up the FIFA Fair Play Award in recognition of his exemplary reaction whilst playing for Wolfsberger AC when an opposing player fell unconscious on the pitch and Luka rushed to his aid. In addition, Argentinian fans were recognised for their support of the national team during the FIFA World Cup 2022, which saw impressive numbers travel to Qatar and millions of fans then welcomed their winning heroes home to Buenos Aires and across the country. The winners of the Best player, goalkeeper and coach awards were determined through a voting process in which four groups had an equal say: football fans, selected media representatives and the captains and head coaches of national teams from around the globe. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/gadgets/news/noise-and-fire-boltt-entered-in-top-five-in-global-smartwatch-shipments/articleshow/98171390.cms">These two Indian brands have together sold more smartwatches than Samsung in 2022</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/mukesh-ambanis-jiocinema-to-take-on-disney-hotstar-and-amazon-prime-with-free-4k-ipl-streaming/articleshow/98150380.cms">Mukesh Ambani’s JioCinema to take on Disney+ Hotstar, and Amazon Prime with free 4K IPL streaming</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/how-to-use-credit-card-to-make-upi-payments/articleshow/98090488.cms">How to use credit card to make UPI payments</a>

FIFA awards: Lionel Messi, Alexia Putellas crowned Best players at awards ceremony in Paris

<ul class="summary-list"><li>It's the end of an era for both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.</li><li>For the first time in 16 years, neither player finished in the top three of the Ballon d'Or standings.</li></ul>For the first time in 16 years, both <a href="https://www.insider.com/cristiano-ronaldo-net-worth-how-soccer-star-makes-spends-money-2022-8#he-also-owns-a-24-million-bugatti-which-his-bodyguard-recently-crashed-5">Cristiano Ronaldo</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/lionel-messi">Lionel Messi</a> finished outside the top three in the Ballon d'Or standings, as this year's award was scooped by Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.Since 2005, the two superstars have dominated world soccer's most prestigious individual award, which is awarded to the best men's soccer player of the year by a vote of 100 journalists worldwide. Between them, the pair have won the prize 12 times. But at Monday's award ceremony in Paris, Ronaldo finished 20th, his lowest ranking in 17 years, while Messi, <a href="https://www.insider.com/robert-lewandowski-slams-lionel-messi-empty-words-over-ballon-dor-2021-12">who won his seventh award last year,</a> did not make the shortlist for the first time since 2005.Benzema's win made him only the second player aside from Ronaldo or Messi to win the accolade since 2008; Luka Modric of Real Madrid won in in 2018."This prize in front of me makes me really proud," said Benzema, who scored 44 goals in 46 games during the 2021/22 season to help Real win the Champions League and La Liga."When I was small, it was a childhood dream, I never gave up. Anything is possible."Bayern Munich's Sadio Mane, who was at Liverpool in 2021-22, finished second ahead of Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne in third.FC Barcelona's <a href="https://www.insider.com/most-dominant-athletes-in-the-world-2021-2021-12">Alexia Putellas retained the Women's Ballon d'Or,</a> while the Kopa Trophy, which is awarded to the best player under the age of 21, was won by Barcelona and Spain midfielder Gavi."I'm very happy to be back here," said Putellas after collecting her prize. "A year ago I was able to win this prize and it pushed me to want to get even better."Without my teammates this wouldn't have been possible. I want to thank the technical staff and the coach as well. And to thank everyone involved at the club off the pitch."

For the first time in 16 years, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi both missed out on making the top 3 of the Ballon d'Or

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Ukraine's Andriy Shevchenko delivered an impassioned speech at Monday's 2022 Ballon d'Or ceremony.</li><li>The former AC Milan striker urged people not to forget about the ongoing Russian invasion of his country.</li></ul>Ukraine's most famous soccer player, Andriy Shevchenko, gave an impassioned speech about his country at the 2022 Ballon d'Or ceremony on Monday, in which he urged people not to forget that the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began in February, is still ongoing. "It has been a very difficult moment since the war started," said the former AC Milan, Chelsea FC, and Dynamo Kyiv striker, who is Ukraine's all-time goal-scoring leader."I am so proud with how my country defend and fight for their freedom."I've been very involved in a lot of humanitarian and medical aid projects together with the United 24 fundraising platform, created by Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy."It's very important to remember the war is still going, but most important to stay on the side of Ukraine and help. Thank you so much."After his speech, Shevchenko presented the award for the Ballon d'Or Feminin, which was won by FC Barcelona's Alexia Putellas for the second year running.Shevchenko isn't the only Ukrainian soccer player who has publicly addressed the ongoing invasion of Ukraine in recent times.Last month, the current captain of Ukraine's men's national soccer team, Andriy Yarmolenko, <a href="https://www.insider.com/ukraines-andriy-yarmolenko-russia-is-a-terrorist-country-2022-9">called Russia a "terrorist country"</a> and called for it to be "totally isolated" from the rest of the sporting world after UEFA confirmed the country would be excluded from qualification for the 2024 European Championships. "Every day they kill Ukrainians, our children. Therefore, there can be no question of any sport," <a href="https://www.insider.com/ukraines-andriy-yarmolenko-russia-is-a-terrorist-country-2022-9">he told reporters.</a>"Everyone in the national team of Ukraine wants only one thing – to punish this country as hard as possible."

Ukraine's most famous soccer player delivered an impassioned speech about his war-torn country at the sport's biggest awards ceremony

<ul class="summary-list"><li>After winning a 7th Ballon d'Or, <keyword id="11894249" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lionel-messi" source="Orion">Lionel Messi</keyword> called for a rival to win last year's canceled prize.</li><li>"Everyone knows and we agree that you were the winner last year," he said of <keyword id="12416782" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="robert-lewandowski" source="Orion">Robert Lewandowski</keyword>.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/lionel-messi">Lionel Messi</a> made a classy gesture after beating Robert Lewandowski to the Ballon d'Or, suggesting the Bayern Munich striker should be retroactively awarded last year's cancelled award.The Argentine <a href="https://www.insider.com/ballon-dor-lionel-messi-wouldnt-vote-cristiano-ronaldo-again-2021-10">scooped a record seventh prize on Monday night,</a> with Lewandowski finishing second and Chelsea's Jorginho coming third.The 34-year-old was the favourite going into the event after leading Argentina to the Copa America in the summer and finishing top scorer in La Liga last term with 30 goals, despite Barcelona's failure to win any silverware and the club's early exit from the Champions League.In his acceptance speech, Messi made sure to shout out Lewandowski, who enjoyed an equally fine 2020/21 season, scoring 48 goals in all competitions for Bayern.The Polish marksman has scored in excess of 100 goals in the past two years, a feat only matched in recent years by the prime years of Messi and his great rival, Cristiano Ronaldo."I'd like to mention Robert, it's been a real honour to compete with him," Messi said on stage. "Everyone knows and we agree that you were the winner last year."I think France Football should award you your 2020 Ballon d'Or, you deserved it."The 2020 edition of the Ballon d'Or was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic cutting the European <keyword id="11897666" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="soccer" source="Orion">soccer</keyword> season short.<div type="image" title="Lewandowski" height="1000" width="2000" msid="88007514" hostid="261"></div>Lewandowski had scored 55 goals that term to help Bayern lift the treble, finishing as the top scorer in every competition he played in, including the Champions League.The Pole did not finish Monday night empty handed, however, winning the inaugural "Striker of the Year" award, a category which some pundits speculated was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/30/lionel-messi-ballon-dor-copa-america">created simply as a consolation prize for Lewandowski after not winning the main award.</a>After the ceremony, he congratulated Messi on his win, as well as FC Barcelona's Alexia Putellas, who won the women's prize."Congratulations Leo Messi and Alexia Putellas, winners of the Ballon d'Or 2021," <a href="https://twitter.com/lewy_official/status/1465432506602295299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1465432506602295299%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-4067590453730940576.ampproject.net%2F2111060251009%2Fframe.html">Lewandowski tweeted.</a>"Congratulations also to all nominated players. I won the Striker of the Year Award and no player can win an individual award without a strong team and loyal fans behind them. Thank you for your support."

Lionel Messi called for his Ballon d'Or rival to be retroactively given last year's canceled award after winning again this year

<ul class="summary-list"><li>FIFA's annual Best Awards on Monday were a strange, somewhat confusing affair.</li><li>They were riddled with odd choices and omissions, such as naming four strikers in the team of the year.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/cristiano-ronaldo">Cristiano Ronaldo</a> was given a special award and was named in the FIFPRO Men's World11 at a controversial, somewhat shambolic FIFA Best Awards in Zurich on Monday night. The <keyword id="11895952" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="manchester-united" source="Orion">Manchester United</keyword> star was given the "FIFA Special Award" for becoming the top scorer in the history of men's international <keyword id="11897666" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="soccer" source="Orion">soccer</keyword>.In September, Ronaldo <a href="https://www.insider.com/cristiano-ronaldo-international-scoring-record-every-goal-scored-mapped-2021-9">broke the record set by former Iran striker Ali Daei when he scored his 110th goal for Portugal.</a>FIFA unveiled the accolade for the 36-year-old during the ceremony with the forward describing it as the "pinnacle" of his "individual achievements."Ronaldo was also named in the FIFPRO Men's World11, which was presented in a strange 3-3-4 formation, with four strikers, a team configuration that would almost certainly never be used in an elite soccer match.As well as Ronaldo, the team included great rival Lionel Messi, Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland, and Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski, who scooped the FIFA Men's Best Player award for a second year running.Liverpool's Mohamed Salah missed out, despite the Egyptian making the shortlist for the Men's Best Player and Ronaldo being omitted. The strange line-up also saw Paris Saint-Germain's Gianluigi Donnarumma placed in goal. That came despite the fact that Chelsea's Eduoard Mendy scooped FIFA Men's Best Goalkeeper prize on the night. David Alaba, Leonardo Bonucci, and Ruben Dias made up a three man defence, while Chelsea duo Jorginho and N'Golo Kante, and Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne, were named in midfield.There were similar controversies in the FIFPRO Women's World11 too.FC Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas won the Best FIFA Women's Player of the Year, but was not included in line-up for the team of the year. In fact no Barcelona players featured, despite the club winning the Champions League and retaining its Primera Division title by dropping just three points all season.27-year-old Putellas, who also won the Ballon d'Or in November and has been the standout player in the all-conquering Barca side, was delighted with her award, regardless of her omission from the team of the year."This belongs to everyone," Putellas said after receiving the award. "I hope we can continue with the same or even more motivations this year and we can be very successful again."This is the work of many years. 2021 was perfect. We only hope to finish this year the same way."The FIFPRO Women's World11 comprised of Christiane Endler in goal; Lucy Bronze, Wendie Renard, Millie Bright, and Magdalena Eriksson in defence; and Estefania Banini, Carli Lloyd, and Barbara Bonansea in midfield.Vivianne Miedema, Marta, and Alex Morgan made up the front three.PSG star Stephanie Labbe and Manchester City's Janine Beckie both hit out at the line-up."This is a prime example of why we need more investment, media coverage and visibility for women's soccer," tweeted Labbe."Popularity shouldn't win awards. Performances to win club and/or international championships should be rewarded but if you don't see it you can't award it."Beckie tweeted: "How does the player who won the Ballon D'Or &amp; FIFA Best not make this team??? No Canadian players, won the Olympics… No Barca players, won the champions league… If we're gonna say this is the BEST 11 from 2021… that doesn't make sense."

FIFA invented a new award to give Cristiano Ronaldo during a bizarre, shambolic end of year gala filled with odd choices and omissions

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11900860" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="lyon" source="Orion">Lyon</keyword> midfielder <keyword id="14010398" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="amandine-henry" source="Orion">Amandine Henry</keyword> scored a jaw-dropping goal during Sunday's <keyword id="11894818" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="champions-league" source="Orion">Champions League</keyword> final.</li><li>The French national team captain hit the ball from 30 yards out into the upper 90 of the net.</li></ul>Amandine Henry found the back of the net when it mattered most for European powerhouse Olympique Lyonnais.And she did it in absolute jaw-dropping fashion.Just six minutes into Saturday's Champions League final, the French national team captain launched a rocket from 30 yards out to put her side on the board and set the tone for the entire match against frontrunner and reigning champion <keyword id="11895112" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="barcelona" source="Orion">Barcelona</keyword> FC.<div type="image" title="Amandine Henry." height="800" width="1242" msid="91751136" hostid="261"></div>Henry won a sliding tackle against superstar Barcelona midfielder Alexia Putellas and popped up with the ball at her feet. She took one long touch into space toward the center of the field, then shocked herself, her teammates, and — most importantly — her opponents by taking the long-range shot.Even from halfway to midfield, the 32-year-old managed to place the ball perfectly in the upper-90 of the goal.The camera shot from behind the goal was even more staggering.Lyon went on to score two more goals in the first 33 minutes of play, setting the stage for the star-studded French side to win its eighth Champions League title as a franchise. All eight victories have come in the last 11 years, with the club reaching the final a whopping 10 times since the 2009-2010 season.Henry was with the club for all but one of those <keyword id="11927015" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="championship" source="Orion">championship</keyword> runs. And thanks to her early-game heroics this time around, the midfielder earned her second Champions League Final Player of the Match award of her already-illustrious career.After the match, Henry boasted that her team's victory in Turin was "the best title we could win with our club" — and she has plenty of Champions League championship wins to choose from — because she and her teammates were "not the favorites." And even though Barcelona had been considered the class of <keyword id="12225642" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="womens-soccer" source="Orion">women's soccer</keyword> all season, Sunday's match allowed Lyon to reestablish itself as the most fearsome side in <keyword id="11897120" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="europe" source="Orion">Europe</keyword>.When it comes to that incredible goal just a few minutes in, Henry admitted that she "took a chance" by striking the ball from so far out."I was very lucky it ended up in the back of the net," Henry said, per a <a href="https://twitter.com/DAZNFootball/status/1528360036140990464">video posted by DAZN's Twitter</a>. "I am really happy because it allowed us to get right into the match and to dominate right away. It allowed us to win afterwards."

A French star scored a jaw-dropping 30-yard goal en route to her incredible 7th career Champions League title

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="12416780" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ballon-dor" source="Orion">Ballon d'Or</keyword> prizes for <keyword id="11897666" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="soccer" source="Orion">soccer</keyword>'s top players were delivered in bizarre fashion Monday night.</li><li>Two black-helmeted men appeared in the auditorium in Paris, carrying the trophies to the stage.</li></ul>The awards given to the world's best male and female <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/soccer">soccer</a> players were delivered to the stage in a bizarre fashion Monday night.The <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ballon-dor">Ballon d'Or</a> is the most glamorous night in the soccer calendar. The game's greatest headed to Paris to see who would be crowned the best male and female soccer players on the planet in a lavish ceremony.The winners of the award are presented with the eponymous Ballon d'Or, a golden soccer ball on a plinth. This year, two unusual guests were the ones to carry the trophies onto the stage.As the evening headed towards the headline awards, two men appeared in the wings. Dressed in navy blue suits, the pair also wore gold and black helmets.The helmets, which would not have looked out of place on stage at a Daft Punk concert, concealed the identity of the two figures as they passed through soccer's finest to reach the stage.Greeted by hosts Didier Drogba and Sandy Heribert, the pair were encouraged to remove their helmets.As they did so they revealed themselves to be <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/formula-one">Formula One</a> drivers <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/fernando-alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> and Esteban Ocon, both of whom race for the Alpine <keyword id="11953261" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="f1" source="Orion">F1</keyword> team, which is owned by French car giant Renault and used to promote Renault's consumer <keyword id="11893855" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports" source="Orion">sports</keyword> car brand, Alpine.You can watch the reveal below:The appearance of Alonso and Ocon was linked to Alpine's sponsorship of the Ballon d'Or ceremonies this year, <a href="https://en.media.alpinecars.com/assets/alpine-celebrates-excellence-by-partnering-with-the-2021-ballon-dor-81a3-989c5.html?dl=1">which was announced late last week.</a>Having been revealed to the world, the drivers were asked what soccer teams they supported. Alonso, who hails from Spain, said he is a Real Madrid fan, while Frenchman Ocon chose PSG.<div type="image" title="Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon." height="3432" width="4577" msid="88011871" hostid="261"></div>Later in the night Alpine F1's official Twitter account posted a promotional video showing Alonso and Ocon driving across Paris in the company's new A110 sports car.<a href="https://www.insider.com/ballon-dor-lionel-messi-calls-lewandowski-win-cancelled-2020-award-2021-11">Back at the Ballon d'Or ceremony, the top prizes were awarded to Lionel Messi in the men's category,</a> and Barcelona's Alexia Putellas in the women's category.

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