Lionel Messi might have left the dizzying heights of European soccer behind him, however his performances at Main League Soccer membership Inter Miami have been deemed adequate to earn him the Greatest FIFA Awards on Monday night time.
Three months after profitable the Ballon d'Or for the eighth time, Messi defeated his former Paris St. Germain teammate Kylian Mbappe and Manchester Metropolis's Erling Haaland at a ceremony in London, England.
Nationwide group captains and coaches vote for the highest awards and Messi got here high, regardless of it being a largely unspectacular 12 months for the veteran.
His newest accolade marks him being named FIFA's Greatest Males's Participant for 2 consecutive years, having beforehand received in 2022 and 2019.
The competitors, which acknowledges one of the best international soccer skills, was launched eight years in the past after delinking from the esteemed Ballon d'Or awards.
Haaland was Messi's closest challenger for the person FIFA title after the Norwegian starred within the Premier League throughout his debut 12 months with Man Metropolis.
His beautiful 52-goal season guided Pep Guardiola's famous person group to the Champions League, FA Cup and Premier League title, making them solely the second group in English soccer historical past to take action.
His extraordinary goalscoring achievements have already received him different particular person titles, however that was not sufficient to see him end forward of Messi within the Ballon d'Or or the Greatest award.
Mbappe was the third nomination for the title after one other spectacular particular person marketing campaign for Paris Saint-Germain, which left PSG struggling to attain their long-term aim of profitable the Champions League.
Messi was absent from the ceremony, so his award was chosen on his behalf by former Arsenal captain Thiery Henry.
Spain's Aitana Bonmati received the Greatest Ladies's Goalkeeper award for her performances for Barcelona and Spain's World Cup champions, whereas England's Mary Earp received the Greatest Ladies's Goalkeeper title.
Manchester Metropolis's Ederson received Greatest Males's Goalkeeper, simply as Guilherme Madruga of Botafogo, Brazil, received the Puskas Award for his aim towards Novorizontino within the Brazilian second division.
Manchester Metropolis's Pep Guardiola received the Greatest Males's Coach Award, whereas England supervisor Sarina Wiegman received the ladies's model.
