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Argentina hero Lionel Messi takes home the top men\u2019s player award following historic FIFA (www.FIFA.com<\/a>)\u00a0World Cup\u2122 victory; FC Barcelona Femen\u00ed\u2019s Spanish midfielder Alexia Putellas claims the award for best player in the women\u2019s game; Mary Earps, Emiliano Mart\u00ednez, Sarina Wiegman, Lionel Scaloni and Marcin Oleksy are amongst other winners<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022\u2122 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\u2019s and women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n The winners of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022:<\/p>\n Footballing legend and global icon Lionel Messi took home the award for The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player following Argentina\u2019s historic FIFA World Cup 2022\u2122 victory in December, inspired by the Paris Saint-Germain FC forward.<\/p>\n FC Barcelona Femen\u00ed\u2019s Spanish midfielder Alexia Putellas was recognised as The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Player for the second year in a row after a successful year which saw her club win a third successive league title.\u00a0<\/p>\n Mary Earps was voted The Best FIFA Women\u2019s Goalkeeper after a year in which she lifted the UEFA Women\u2019s EURO 2022 with the\u00a0Lionesses<\/em>. Argentina shot-stopper Emiliano Mart\u00ednez got his hands on The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Goalkeeper prize following his outstanding performances throughout FIFA World Cup 2022.<\/p>\n The English national team\u2019s manager Sarina Wiegman won The Best FIFA Women\u2019s 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\u2019s Coach to his trophy cabinet, alongside the FIFA World Cup trophy.<\/p>\n The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony also recognised the standout goal of the year as\u00a0Marcin Oleksy (https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3ZszXn8<\/a>)\u00a0won The FIFA Pusk\u00e1s 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n A breakdown of the voting results, including each nominee\u2019s points total, is available\u00a0here<\/strong> (https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3IEEYlO<\/a>).<\/p>\n Links to the full lists of how the captains and coaches of national teams from around the world voted can be found below:<\/p>\n To learn more about how the winners were chosen for this year\u2019s awards and the eligibility criteria, the full process is detailed in the\u00a0rules of allocation\u00a0(https:\/\/apo-opa.info\/3EDr1n9<\/a>) for each award.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
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