On Monday night, the winners of the 2022 Best FIFA Awards were unveiled.
Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas won the top two individual prizes during the Paris gala.
Messi was named Men’s Player of the Year in 2022, beating his PSG teammate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid attacker Karim Benzema.
Putellas won the Women’s Player award for the second year in a row, beating out Alex Morgan and Beth Mead.
Best FIFA Men’s Player: Lionel Messi
Best FIFA Women’s Player: Alexia Putellas
Best Men’s XI: Thibaut Courtois; Achraf Hakimi, Joao Cancelo, Virgil van Dijk; Kevin De Bruyne, Luka Modric, Casemiro; Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema, Erling Haaland
Best Women’s XI: Christiane Endler; Lucy Bronze, Maria Leon, Leah Williamson, Wendy Renard; Alexia Putellas, Keira Walsh, Lena Oberdorff; Alex Morgan, Sam Kerr, Beth Mead
FIFA Best Fans Award: Argentina’s fans
FIFA Fair Play Award: Luka Lochoshvili
Best Men’s Coach Award: Lionel Scaloni
Best Womens’s Coach Award: Sarina Wiegman
Puskas Award: Marcin Oleksy (Warta Poznan vs Stal Rzeszow – 6 November 2022)
Best Men’s Goalkeeper: Emiliano Martinez
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