The Best FIFA Awards 2019: Full List of Winners
Lionel Messi & Megan Rapinoe were named the FIFA’s world player of the year in the men’s & women’s category.
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Lionel Messi was crowned FIFA's world player of the year for the sixth time while United States forward Megan Rapinoe was named FIFA women's player of the year at the FIFA Best Awards at Milan's iconic Teatro all Scala on Monday, 23 September.
The Argentine and Barcelona forward beat Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk to the award. Meanwhile, Rapinoe, who scored six goals to help the US win the women's World Cup, edge out her teammate Alex Morgan and England forward Lucy Bronze to win the award.
Apart from these two awards, host of other awards were given at the FIFA ceremony in Milan. Here’s a look at them:
Best FIFA Men’s Coach Award: Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)
Jurgen Klopp was crowned coach of the year at the FIFA Best ceremony after leading Liverpool to the Champions League title.
Klopp said: "I have to thank my team because as coach you can only be as good as your team is."
All three finalists work in the Premier League.
Pep Guardiola was also in the running after his Manchester City successfully defended the Premier League title. Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino was the other finalist despite never having won a trophy.
Best FIFA Women’s Coach Award: Jill Ellis (USA)
Jill Ellis was named women's coach of the year at the FIFA Best ceremony after the United States successfully defended its Women's World Cup title.
Ellis resigned in July, shortly after the U.S. beat the Netherlands 2-0 in the World Cup final.
The 53-year-old Ellis was named coach of the US team in 2014 and led it to eight overall tournament titles, including back-to-back World Cup successes. Over the course of her tenure, the United States lost just seven matches.
Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper Award: Alisson (Liverpool)
The men's goalkeeper award at the FIFA Best ceremony went to Alisson of Liverpool and Brazil.
The 26-year-old Alisson helped Liverpool to the Champions League title in June and kept the most clean sheets in the Premier League (21).
He also helped Brazil win the Copa America.
Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper Award: Sari van Veenendaal (Netherlands)
The women's goalkeeper award at the FIFA Best ceremony went to Sari van Veenendaal of Atletico Madrid and the Netherlands.
The 29-year-old Van Veenendaal captained the Netherlands to the final of the women's World Cup, where it lost to the United States.
The FIFA Puskas Award for Best Goal: Daniel Zsori
Teenager Daniel Zsori bicycle-kick winner on his debut for Debrecen being was voted best goal of the season.
The Puskas Award-winning goal from the 18-year-old came minutes after he came on as a substitute during Debrecen's 2-1 victory over Ferencváros in the Hungarian League.
The FIFA Fan Award: Silvia Greco
Silvia Greco won the fan award at the FIFA Best ceremony.
The Palmeiras supporter takes her blind son Nickollas to matches and narrates the action for him.
Nickollas went on stage with his mother to accept the award.
Silvia recently had said: "I go into details about the atmosphere, the characteristics of each player, and narrating goals is without doubt the most emotional part."
FIFA FIFPro World11 - Women’s
The goalkeeper is Sari van Veenendaal of Atletico Madrid and the Netherlands.
The back four consists of Lucy Bronze (England, Lyon), Wendie Renard (France, Lyon), Nilla Fischer (Sweden, Linköping) and Kelley O'Hara (United States, Utah Royals).
The midfield features Amandine Henry (France, Lyon), Julie Ertz (United States, Chicago Red Stars) and Rose Lavelle (United States, Washington Spirit).
Up front, it's American World-Cup winning duo Megan Rapinoe (Reign FC) and Alex Morgan (Orlando FC), and Marta (Brazil, Orlando Pride).
Thousands of players from across the world participated in the vote organised by world player's union FIFPro.
FIFA FIFPro World11 - Men’s
The goalkeeper is Alisson of Liverpool and Brazil.
In defense it's Matthijs de Ligt (Netherlands, Juventus), Sergio Ramos (Spain, Real Madrid), Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands, Liverpool) and Marcelo (Brazil, Real Madrid).
The midfield features Luka Modric (Croatia, Real Madrid), Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands, Ajax) and Eden Hazard (Belgium, Real Madrid).
Up front, it's Kylian Mbappe (France, Paris Saint-Germain), Lionel Messi (Argentina, Barcelona) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, Juventus).
(With inputs from AP)
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