Lewandowski wins FIFA finest participant vote forward of Messi, Salah
2 min readRobert Lewandowski was voted the perfect males’s participant on the earth, retaining the FIFA award he received final yr.
The Bayern Munich ahead overturned the consequence final month of the Ballon d’Or prize the place he positioned second behind Lionel Messi, who lastly led Argentina to a senior title on the 2021 Copa América.
Mohamed Salah of Liverpool was additionally on the shortlist.
🏆 A delighted Robert Lewandowski is offered with The Best FIFA Men’s Player award!#TheBest pic.twitter.com/tME8R134zL
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Lewandowski broke two Bundesliga information by scoring 41 targets for Bayern in its title-winning 2020-21 season and 43 within the calendar yr of 2021. Both marks had been held since 1972 by one other Bayern nice, Gerd Müller.
Alexia Putellas, who captained Barcelona to its first Women’s Champions League title, was voted the perfect ladies’s participant forward of teammate Jennifer Hermoso and Sam Kerr of overwhelmed finalist Chelsea.
🏆 The Best FIFA Women’s Player…
🇪🇸 Alexia Putellas 🇪🇸#TheBest pic.twitter.com/jxTgk3jeCP
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Chelsea swept the teaching awards in a yr when its males’s and ladies’s groups led by Thomas Tuchel and Emma Hayes reached their Champions League finals.
Tuchel once more edged Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola for victory to repeat the results of their European title sport. Guardiola led City to the English Premier League title, and his workforce is the runaway chief this season after beating Chelsea on Saturday.
🏆 Arsène Wenger presents @ChelseaFC supervisor Thomas Tuchel with the FIFA Best Men’s Coach award!#TheBest pic.twitter.com/2k3H2UPmZ1
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Roberto Mancini was the opposite shortlisted candidate after main Italy to win the European Championship.
Hayes appeared stunned to win the teaching award for ladies’s soccer forward of Lluis Cortes. His Barcelona workforce beat Chelsea 4-0 within the Champions League ultimate.
🔝 The Best FIFA Women’s Coach is awarded to…
🏴 Emma Hayes 🏴#TheBest pic.twitter.com/PgStl6rr37
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Sarina Wiegman, who moved from 2017 European champion Netherlands to take over at England, was the opposite candidate.
Voting in every participant and coach class was by nationwide workforce coaches and captains worldwide, specialist media, and followers making their selections on FIFA’s web site.
The Puskas Award for finest aim went to Érik Lamela for the rabona flick he scored for Tottenham towards Arsenal within the Premier League in March.
The finest goalkeeper prizes had been received by Edouard Mendy of Chelsea and Chile’s Christiane Endler, who moved from PSG to Lyon within the offseason.
