{"id":9791,"date":"2019-09-23T18:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T22:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=9791"},"modified":"2019-09-25T14:03:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T18:03:51","slug":"messi-wins-fifas-mens-player-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=9791","title":{"rendered":"Messi Wins FIFA’s Men\u2019s Player of the Year Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Barcelona\u2019s Lionel Messi has claimed the men\u2019s player of the year award, beating off competition from Juventus\u2019 Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool\u2019s Virgil Van Dijk.<\/p>\n

It is a record sixth time that the Argentina star has been named FIFA\u2019s best player and comes after a 2018-19 season in which he scored 51 goals for his club.<\/p>\n

All three players were named in the FIFPro men\u2019s world XI.<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s player award went to US forward Megan Rapinoe, who was joint-top scorer and won the Golden Ball for best player at the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Rapinoe took the award on Monday ahead of international team-mate Alex Morgan, who matched her in scoring six times during the summer\u2019s tournament in France, and England\u2019s Lucy Bronze, who was the Silver Ball winner at the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Van Dijk’s club boss Jurgen Klopp was named as men’s coach of the year.<\/p>\n

The Liverpool head coach guided his side to Champions League glory last season, while the Reds narrowly missed out on the Premier League title, being pipped by Manchester City.<\/p>\n

The German claimed the award ahead of Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino, whose team Liverpool defeated in the Champions League final, and City\u2019s Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n

Liverpool\u2019s Alisson Becker won the men\u2019s goalkeeper award, beating Manchester City counterpart Ederson and Barcelona\u2019s Marc-Andre Ter Stegen.<\/p>\n

As well as helping his club win the Champions League last season and claiming the Premier League\u2019s Golden Glove with 21 clean sheets in 38 matches, Alisson was also part of the Brazil side that won the Copa America over the summer.<\/p>\n

Outgoing United States boss Jill Ellis took the women\u2019s coach award ahead of England\u2019s Phil Neville.<\/p>\n

Ellis became the first coach in history to win two Women\u2019s World Cups over the summer, having also overseen the US triumph in 2015.<\/p>\n

Her side beat Neville\u2019s Lionesses in the semi-finals and Holland, whose boss Sarina Wiegman was also on the shortlist, in the final.<\/p>\n

The Puskas Award for the goal of the season was won by Daniel Zsori.<\/p>\n

The full list of winners are:
\nMen\u2019s player<\/strong> \u2013 Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s player<\/strong> \u2013 Megan Rapinoe (Reign FC and United States)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s coach<\/strong> \u2013 Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s coach<\/strong> \u2013 Jill Ellis (United States)<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s goalkeeper<\/strong> \u2013 Alisson Becker (Liverpool and Brazil)<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s goalkeeper<\/strong> \u2013 Sari Van Veenendaal (Atletico Madrid and Holland)<\/p>\n

Puskas award<\/strong> \u2013 Daniel Zsori (Debrecen\/Fehervar)<\/p>\n

Fan award<\/strong> \u2013 Silvia Grecco (Palmeiras)<\/p>\n

Fair play award<\/strong> \u2013 Marcelo Bielsa and the Leeds squad<\/p>\n

FIFPro men\u2019s world XI<\/strong> \u2013 Alisson; Matthijs De Ligt, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Virgil Van Dijk; Frenkie De Jong, Eden Hazard, Luka Modric; Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi<\/p>\n

FIFPro women\u2019s world XI<\/strong> \u2013 Sari Van Veenendaal; Lucy Bronze, Nilla Fischer, Kelley O\u2019Hara, Wendie Renard; Julie Ertz, Amandine Henry, Rose Lavelle; Marta, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n

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