Messi is named the best player in the world for the ninth time.
Spanish player Alexia Putellas was voted the best female soccer player of 2022.
247 - Argentine Lionel Messi, of PSG and the national team, won the FIFA The Best award this Monday (27), which means he is the best player on the planet.
Messi beat out Frenchmen Kylian Mbappé of Paris Saint-Germain and Karim Benzema of Real Madrid to become the best in the world for the ninth time.
Messi has won the Ballon d'Or seven times and the FIFA award – inaugurated in 2016 after the separation of the entity from the Ballon d'Or organizers, France Football – once in 2019.
Spanish player Alexia Putellas was named the best female soccer player of 2022 by the organization. Having won the award in 2021, she received her second The Best award.
Polish player Marcin Oleksy received the 2022 Puskás Award, given to the scorer of the most beautiful goal in the world, beating out Brazilian Richarlison and Frenchman Payet.