LIONEL MESSI continued his stellar season after being named World participant of the yr on the FIFA Greatest Awards in Paris tonight.
The Paris Saint-Germain star, 35, topped his profession by main Argentina to their first World Cup since 1986 in December and scooped a second Greatest males's participant title right here.
Messi, who scored twice within the ultimate in opposition to France, additionally received the Golden Ball in Qatar, having claimed the Ligue 1 title with PSG earlier within the yr. His 12 league objectives this season have helped the champions to an eight level lead in defending their title this time period.
Messi, whose Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni was named as the perfect males's coach forward of Pep Guardiola, pipped PSG teammate Kylian Mbappe and Actual Madrid's Karim Benzema to the award.
Messi has now received two 'The Greatest' awards, that means he's stage with Robert Lewandowski and his previous rival Cristiano Ronaldo who've additionally been honoured twice.
The previous Barcelona man additionally now has ten particular person gongs throughout each the FIFA Greatest, Ballon d'Or and FIFA participant of the yr awards, two greater than Ronaldo.
He mentioned: "It's a tremendous pleasure to be right here, alongside Benzema and Mbappe, who had an exquisite yr.
"It was a tremendous yr and I achieved a dream that I had been hoping for for therefore lengthy.
"I need to pay tribute to all of my teammates and my coach, with out them I would not be right here."
The star attended the unique bash alongside his spouse Antonela and a bunch of fellow stars.
Kylian Mbappe was there together with his dad Wilfried and was named within the FIFPRO World XI alongside Messi, however misplaced out on the Greatest Participant award to his PSG team-mate.
Prem stars together with Emi Martinez - who received Greatest Goalkeeper - and Casemiro and Virgil van Dijk, each additionally named within the Staff of 2022, attended with their different halves.
Within the Ladies's sport, England boss Sarina Wiegman and Manchester United's Mary Earps received finest ladies's coach and goalkeeper respectively following their Euro 2022 glory final summer time.
Earps mentioned: "I do not actually know what to say, thanks to everybody who voted for me. I really feel actually honoured to be holding this actually heavy trophy. I need to say thanks to my family members who've picked me up off the kitchen ground to be right here at present, not at present however prior to now.
“That is for anybody who has ever been in a darkish place. You'll be able to obtain something you set your thoughts to. There’s solely one in every of you on the earth, be unapologetically your self."
Wiegman, profitable the award for a 3rd time, added: "The Euros have been unimaginable, because the English say we introduced it house."
In the meantime Beth Mead was pipped to the perfect ladies's award by Alexia Putellas however she was named within the ladies's World XI alongside three Lionesses teammates, Lucy Bronze, Leah Williamson and Keira Walsh.
Different big names on the star-studded do in Paris included Brazil legend Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Arsene Wenger, Joao Cancelo and, in fact, FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
Jermaine Jenas was there to host the occasion - which left followers vastly impressed with the job of his agent.
As many had anticipated beforehand, the night time belonged to Messi, who has been having fun with yet one more record-breaking season for each membership and nation.
For the reason that begin of the 2022-23 marketing campaign he has recorded an unimaginable complete of 17 objectives and 16 assists in 28 appearances for PSG.
And he additionally managed to lastly get his arms on the one trophy to have eluded him beforehand - the World Cup.
Messi led his Argentina teammates to glory in Qatar final yr and claimed the celebrated Participant of the Match Award within the course of.
His red-hot kind has continued into 2023 with PSG in pole place to retain their Ligue 1 title.
Messi left followers surprised when he scored his 700th profession membership objective on Sunday.
He netted as soon as for PSG in the course of the membership's 3-0 win over Marseille and claimed the help for each of Mbappe's objectives.
So it hardly got here as a shock to followers when he took to the stage in Paris to simply accept 'The Greatest' award.
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