Argentina forward, Lionel Messi, has won the FIFA Best men’s award at a ceremony in London.
This is coming three months after he became Ballon d’Or champion for a record-breaking eighth time.
Inter Miami’s Messi, who was on a three-man shortlist alongside Manchester City striker Erling Haaland and Paris Saint-Germain talisman Kylian Mbappe, but emerged top of the votes to lift the individual accolade.
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, claimed the men’s coach prize.
City’s Ederson collected the goalkeeper award, ahead of Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois and Al Hilal’s Yassine Bounou.
Messi began 2023 at PSG, before moving to Major League Soccer (MLS) club Inter Miami in June.
The 36-year-old picked up the best men’s player award for the third time since this format of the awards began in 2016, after doing so in 2019 and 2022.
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