Argentine Lionel Messi, who led Argentina to the world title, was voted FIFA footballer of the year for the seventh time on Monday, beating Frenchmen Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappé in the 2022 survey.
Messi, 35, had already won the award in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019 -from 2010 to 2015, the award was chosen jointly by FIFA and France Football (FIFA Ballon d’or)-, he adds to the new ‘The Best’ to seven wins in the ‘Ballon d’Or’.
In 2022, the Argentine won the World Cup, the only major trophy he was missing, and also the Finalísima, for Argentina, and the French championship and Super Cup, for Paris Saint-Germain, accumulating 35 goals and 31 assists, in 51 games. . ., he scored 38 wins, nine draws and four losses.
In the ‘ranking’ of the FIFA award, Messi already has two more trophies than the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who won it five times (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2016/17).
Argentina also won the awards for best coach (Lionel Scaloni), goalkeeper (Emiliano Martínez) and fans, while, in the female category, the Spanish Alexia Putellas (FC Barcelona) revalidated the title of best player.
England, European champions, took the prizes for the best coach (Sarina Wiegman) and the best goalkeeper (Mary Earps).
The Pole Marcin Oleksy, for his part, took the goal of the year, the Puskás Award, and the Georgian Luka Lochoshvili won the fair play award.
Source: TSF
