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Argentina hero Lionel Messi takes home the top men’s player award following historic FIFA (www.FIFA.com) World Cup™ victory; FC Barcelona Femení’s Spanish midfielder Alexia Putellas claims the award for best player in the women’s game; Mary Earps, Emiliano Martínez, Sarina Wiegman, Lionel Scaloni and Marcin Oleksy are amongst other winners
The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022™ ceremony, held in Paris on Monday, 27 February, crowned Alexia Putellas and Lionel Messi as the outstanding players of the past year, alongside recognising the outstanding performances of coaches, goalkeepers and more across the men’s and women’s game.
The winners of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022:
Footballing legend and global icon Lionel Messi took home the award for The Best FIFA Men’s Player following Argentina’s historic FIFA World Cup 2022™ victory in December, inspired by the Paris Saint-Germain FC forward.
Argentinian fans were recognised for their support of the national team during the FIFA World Cup 2022
FC Barcelona Femení’s Spanish midfielder Alexia Putellas was recognised as The Best FIFA Women’s Player for the second year 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 shot-stopper Emiliano Martínez 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 (https://apo-opa.info/3ZszXn8) won The FIFA Puskás 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.
A breakdown of the voting results, including each nominee’s points total, is available here (https://apo-opa.info/3IEEYlO).
Links to the full lists of how the captains and coaches of national teams from around the world voted can be found below:
To learn more about how the winners were chosen for this year’s awards and the eligibility criteria, the full process is detailed in the rules of allocation (https://apo-opa.info/3EDr1n9) for each award.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of FIFA.
