The Best FIFA Men’s Player : How Ahmed Musa, Jose Peseiro, Solaja voted
Published: February 28, 2023
Footballing legend and global icon Lionel Messi took home the award for The Best FIFA Men's Player following Argentina's historic FIFA World Cup 2022 victory in December, inspired by the Paris Saint-Germain FC forward.
Messi won the award ahead of France internationals Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema, after a goal involvement of 65 (35 goals, 30 assists) for club and country over the course of the calender year.
Super Eagles manager Jose Peseiro, captain Ahmed Musa and a representative of the Nigerian media Ibikunle Solaja participated in the voting for The Best FIFA Football Awards main prize - Men's Player.
Peseiro, a Portuguese, gave his first vote to Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema, his second went to the eventual winner Messi, while Manchester City's Belgium midfielder Kevin De Bruyne placed third on his list.
Musa picked Messi as the top player in the world, followed by Benzema and Kylian Mbappe in that order.
Highly-respected Nigerian football historian Solaja chose Messi to win the award. In second, he went for Mbappe and then chose Benzema in third.
Of the three Nigerian representatives, Solaja was the only one who correctly listed the top three players in the world as announced by FIFA in Paris on Monday.
The Best FIFA Awards 2022 winners
The Best FIFA Women's Player: Alexia Putellas (Spain/FC Barcelona Femení)
The Best FIFA Men's Player: Lionel Messi (Argentina/Paris Saint-Germain FC)
The Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper: Mary Earps (England/Manchester United WFC)
The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper: Emiliano Martínez (Argentina/Aston Villa FC)
The Best FIFA Women's Coach: Sarina Wiegman (England Women's National Team)
The Best FIFA Men's Coach: Lionel Scaloni (Argentina Men's National Team)
The FIFA Puskas Award: Marcin Oleksy (Poland/Warta Pozna)
The FIFA Fair Play Award: Luka Lochoshvili (Georgia/Wolfsberger AC/U.S. Cremonese)
The FIFA Fan Award: Argentinian Fans
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