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Lionel Messi wins FIFA Player of the Year for record-sixth time
Updated: September 25, 2019 1:33:27 pm- 1 / 7
Argentine 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)
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Lionel Messi speaks after winning the Best FIFA Men's player award. (Source: Reuters)
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Lionel 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)
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Best 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)
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Lionel 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)
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Real 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)
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FIFA World Men Eleven team during the Best FIFA soccer awards ceremony, in Milan's La Scala theater, northern Italy. (Source: AP)