The Best FIFA Football Awards 2022: Full winners list

The Best FIFA Football Awards is FIFA’s flagship award ceremony used to recognise the best players and achievements in world football each year.

The nominations were whittled down and superstars from the game were celebrated on Monday night with awards for achievements in men’s and women’s football.

Read on below for all the award winners from the 2022 ceremony in Paris.

Lionel Messi won having come into the night as the overwhelming favourite after guiding Argentina to World Cup glory in late 2022. His form with club side Paris Saint-Germain has also improved after a tough first season with the French giants.

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Another brilliant season with Barcelona was enough to earn Alexia Putellas her second consecutive FIFA Women’s Player award. Barça were dominant in the Primera Division and she also scored in the 3-1 Champions League final defeat to Lyon.

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Emiliano Martinez scooped the men’s goalkeeper award thanks to his starring role in Argentina”s World Cup triumph in Qatar.

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Best Women’s Goalkeeper award-winner Mary Earps has established herself as England’s number one and was dominant during Euro 2022. She also played a major role in Manchester United’s recent emergence under Marc Skinner.

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Lionel Scaloni was named The Best FIFA Men’s Coach after leading Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar.

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Sarina Wiegman was the favourite in the women’s coach category and won for a third time on Monday. The Dutch manager helped England’s talents flourish during the victorious Euro 2022 campaign, playing some attacking football alongside more gutsy wins over Spain and Germany.

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Polish amputee player Marcin Oleksy produced an incredible scissor kick for Warta Poznan and received a message of congratulations from Robert Lewandowski shortly afterwards.