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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>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."

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