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The Best FIFA Men's Player is an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, since 2016, to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous calendar year. [1]
From its inception to 2017, it was known as The Guardian 100 Best Footballers in the World. It is decided by a panel of experts from several nations. [1] [2] Argentine player Lionel Messi is the record winner of the award with 6 wins.
France Football, the sponsor of Golden Ball and Ballon d'Or, selected the best player of the 1966 FIFA World Cup at that time with L'Équipe, and Bobby Charlton became the winner. [25] After the 1978 World Cup, Argentinian magazine El Gráfico held a survey for the best player of the tournament. This was different from the unofficial Golden ...
Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid is awarded as the Best Men's FIFA Player during the FIFA Football Awards 2024 in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.
The IFFHS World's Best Player is a football award given annually from 1988 to 1990, and since 2020, to the world's best player. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
Messi is a seven-time winner of the Ballon d'Or award for the best player in the world and lifted club soccer's biggest prize, the Champions League trophy, on four occasions.
Ronaldo is widely regarded as one of the two best players of his generation, alongside Argentina forward Lionel Messi. [280] Winning his first Ballon d'Or in 2008 by a record-high vote count at age 23, over the next decade Ronaldo has often featured in debates concerning who is the greatest player in history. [281]
— U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) November 19, 2024 He later doubled the U.S. lead with a shot from the top of the box — which deflected past Jamaican keeper Andre Blake for an own goal.