Lionel Messi named FIFA player of 2023

LONDON, United Kingdom – Argentine Lionel Messi retained the FIFA participant of the 12 months award on Monday, beating Manchester City’s treble-winning Norwegian striker Erling Haaland and France’s Paris St Germain ahead Kylian Mbappe to the award.

Messi, who additionally secured the award in 2022 after guiding Argentina to World Cup victory, clinched the Ligue 1 title with PSG alongside Mbappe following that success, earlier than transferring to Major League Soccer crew Inter Miami.

The 36-year-old, voted the very best participant by nationwide groups coaches, captains, journalists and followers, helped Inter Miami win the 2023 Leagues Cup — a contest between MLS and Mexico’s Liga MX sides — scoring 10 objectives.

Messi was not current to gather the trophy.

The award interval for the boys’s prize ran from Dec. 19, 2022 to Aug. 20, 2023, and began the day after the World Cup remaining in Qatar. — Reuters