- 32-years-old Argentine footballer Lionel Messi won the 2019 FIFA Men's Player of the Year Award. Messi defeated Virgil van Dijk & Cristiano Ronaldo to win the FIFA's Best Player of the year award.
- This is the 6th time that Lionel Messi has won this award. Prior to this, he won the award in the year 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015.
- Megan Rapinoe (age 34 years) won the Best FIFA Football Women's Player Award 2019. She defeated Alex Morgan & Lucy Bronze to win this title.
The Best FIFA Players Awards 2019
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Name of Awards
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Men's List
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Women's List
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The Best FIFA Player
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Lionel Messi
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Megan Rapinoe
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The Best FIFA Coach
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Jurgen Klopp (Germany)
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Jill Ellis (British-born American)
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The Best FIFA Goalkeeper
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Alisson (Brazil)
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Sari van Veenendaal (Dutch)
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FIFA Puskas Award
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Daniel Zsori (Hungarian-Romanian)
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Published On : 24 Sep 2019
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