PARIS: Lionel Messi won The Best FIFA men's player prize for 2022 on Monday (Feb 27) on the back of his World Cup triumph with Argentina and Spain's Alexia Putellas retained the wome
and Spain's Alexia Putellas retained the women's award at a ceremony in Paris.
It is the second time that Messi has won the honour inaugurated by FIFA in 2016 after football's world governing body split from Ballon d'Or organisers France Football. Messi scored twice in an epic final in Doha as Argentina beat France on penalties despite Mbappe netting a hat-trick for Les Bleus in a remarkable 3-3 draw.
The 29-year-old beat England's European Championship-winning striker Beth Mead and United States star Alex Morgan to add the FIFA crown to the Ballon d'Or, which she has also won two years running.
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