Argentina’s world-acclaimed football player Lionel Messi has been awarded the “FIFA Best Men’s Player Award” at the FIFA Football Award Ceremony 2022 held in Paris.
The star Argentine footballer has won the prestigious award for the second time since its inception in 2016. Messi has become the third footballer after Cristiano Ronaldo (2016, 2017) and Robert Lewandowski (2020, 2021) to win the award for second time.
The Sports Governing Body, FIFA organizes the awards function annually.
Messi strikes the team member Kylian Mbappe along with Real Madrid Captain Karim Benzema to win the title.
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Mary Earps, Emiliano Martínez, Sarina Wiegman, Lionel Scaloni, and Marcin Oleksy are amongst other winners in different categories.