The International Football Federation gave the Argentine striker The BEST Award.
The winner of the FIFA Best Player of the Year 2023 award is Inter Miami striker Lionel Messi.
According to the voting results, the Argentinean and the Norwegian Erling Haaland have 48 points each, but due to more number of first places, Messi won.
Lionel’s main achievement in the 2022/23 season was winning the World Cup in Qatar. In the summer he moved to the USA, where he won the League Cup with Inter.
Ukraine was represented in the voting by the captain of the Ukrainian national team Andrey Yarmolenko, coach Sergey Rebrov and a representative of the media. The Ukrainian votes were divided as follows.
Andrey Yarmolenko:
Lionel Messi
Kylian Mbappe
Kevin De Bruyne
Sergei Rebrov:
Kylian Mbappe
Lionel Messi
Erling Haaland
Media representative:
Erling Haaland
Kevin De Bruyne
Rhodri
We remind you that earlier it became known that Argentina may be disqualified from international football tournaments.
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Source: korrespondent
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