lionel messi wins fifa's best player award   

Lionel Messi's biggest wish of winning the FIFA World Cup for Argentina came true last year.

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Messi was named FIFA Men's Player of the Year for 2022 on Monday.

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Spain's Alexia Putellas holds the women's award for another year.

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Under the leadership of Messi, Argentina has made it all the way to France to win the World Cup.

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Paris Saint-Germain's (PSG) French team-mate Kylian Mbappe was whom Messi beat to win the award in Paris.

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France and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema was also in the running for the Best FIFA Men's Award.

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This is the second time that Lionel Messi has won the honor, inaugurated by FIFA in 2016.

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Best FIFA Men's Award, voted for by national team coaches and captains, journalists and fans

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