Lionel Messi Beat Van Dijk And Ronaldo To Win FIFA Best Player Award

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Lionel Messi Beat Van Dijk And Ronaldo To Win FIFA Best Player Award
Soccer Football - The Best FIFA Football Awards - Teatro alla Scala, Milan, Italy - September 23, 2019 FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi speaks after winning the Best FIFA Men's player award as FIFA President Gianni Infantino, presenter's Ilaria D’Amico and Ruud Gullit look on REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo

Lionel Messi beat Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo to win the best men’s player award at the Best FIFA awards.

The Barcelona star scored more league goals than anyone else in Europe last season, registering 36 times as he helped the Spanish side win another La Liga title.

It is also the sixth time the 32-year-old has scooped the award, now seeing him move one ahead of rival Cristiano Ronaldo.

The duo have dominated the award since 2008, with their string of victories only interrupted by Luka Modric last year.

It was the second award of the night for the Argentinean forward, who was also included in the men’s team of the 2018-19 season – as voted for by their fellow professionals.

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