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Lionel Messi wins FIFA Player of the Year for record-sixth time
Lionel Messi beat Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk and five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo to win the best FIFA Player of the Year award for a record-sixth time.
Updated: September 25, 2019 13:33 IST
1 / 7Argentine Lionel Messi beat Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk and five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo to win the best FIFA player of the year award for a record sixth time on Monday. Messi, who won the Spanish La Liga title with Barcelona last season as well as the European golden boot having scored 54 goals in 58 games in all competitions, last won the award in 2015. (Source: Reuters)
2 / 7Lionel Messi speaks after winning the Best FIFA Men's player award. (Source: Reuters)
3 / 7Lionel Messi poses after winning the Best FIFA Men's player award with the winner of the Best FIFA Women's player award USA women's Megan Rapinoe. (Source: Reuters)
4 / 7Best FIFA Men's coach award Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp poses with the winner of the Best FIFA Women's coach award USA women's coach Jill Ellis. (Source: Reuters)
5 / 7Lionel Messi poses after winning the Best FIFA Men's player award with the winner of the Best FIFA Men's coach award Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp, winner of the Best FIFA Women's player award USA women's Megan Rapinoe and the winner of the Best FIFA Women's coach award USA women's coach Jill Ellis. (Source: Reuters)
6 / 7Real Madrid's Luka Modric, Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk and Juventus' Matthijs de Ligt as they line up on stage as part of the FIFA FIFPro Men's world eleven players during the awards. (Source: Reuters)
7 / 7FIFA World Men Eleven team during the Best FIFA soccer awards ceremony, in Milan's La Scala theater, northern Italy. (Source: AP)
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