Twitter Hails Luka Modric on Winning FIFA Player of the Year

Modric beat Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to the prize and ended their decade-long award dominance.

Croatia’s Luka Modric received the Best FIFA Men’s Player award during the ceremony of the Best FIFA Football Awards in the Royal Festival Hall in London.

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Real Madrid’s Luka Modric claimed FIFA’s Best Player of the Year award, beating Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to the prize and ending their decade-long award dominance.

The Croatia midfielder was presented with the award following a ceremony in London on Monday night, 24 September.

Messi and Ronaldo were the only winners of world soccer’s main individual award from FIFA in various guises since 2008, both winning five titles each.

Praises for the footballer poured in on Twitter as he became the first Croatian player to win the award after winning the Champions League for a fourth time in five seasons with Real Madrid and leading Croatia to its first World Cup final where it lost to France.

Footballers Congratulate the Croatia Captain

‘A New Name on the Trophy’

‘Finally Leaving the Dominant Era of Messi and Ronaldo’

(With inputs from AP)