Barcelona star player, Lionel Messi won the best men’s player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan.
It is the sixth time Messi has been voted the best player in the world.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp won the men’s coach of the year.
Klopp was nominated for the award along with two other Premier League bosses – Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola and Tottenham’s Mauricio Pochettino.
MORE FROM AFRIUPDATE
![Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz pictured at the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the Netherlands [File: Peter Dejong/Pool/via Reuters]](https://www.afriupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2024-06-26T104534Z_883877814_RC2YI8AR9ZN0_RTRMADP_3_WARCRIMES-MALI-AL-HASSAN-1732112023-120x86.jpg "Mali: Former Al-Qaida-Linked Police Chief Sentenced To 10 Years For War Crimes 3")
Liverpool beat Spurs in the Champions League final in June and came second in the Premier League in 2018-19.
The Reds have also won all six league matches at the start of 2019-20.
Messi’s 2018-19 record:
- 50 games
- 51 goals
- 22 assists
This becomes the sixth time Leo wins the FIFA award. In the past, it was known as the Ballon d’Or. However, FIFA and France Football eventually split and know the French outlet continue giving away the Ballon d’Or while FIFA changed the name of their award to ‘The Best’.
Follow our socials Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Google News.
