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FIFA on Monday, January 15th hosted the Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 ceremony in London. In the ceremony, star player and Argentina great Lionel Messi was crowned FIFA’s Best Men’s Player for 2023 while Spain’s Aitana Bonmati received the FIFA best Women’s Player award. While it was the third for Messi, who came out on top edging over City striker Erling Haaland and PSG attacker Kylian Mbappe.
Notably, Messi previously won the Best Men’s Player Award in 2019 and 2022. His 2023 award comes after he scored nine goals for PSG as they won the French Ligue 1 title and added ten goals in seven games for Inter Miami during their inaugural leagues Cup triumph in the US.
Other than this, Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola received the Best Men’s Coach, while six members from his side found themselves in the FIFA FIFPro Men’s World XI. Moreover, the Pukas Award, which is given to the best goal, was awarded to Guiherme Madruga from Botafogo-SP. It is to be noted that the FIFA best Awards and the Pukas Award were judged from 19 December 2022 to 20 August 2023 and did not include the Qatar World Cup.
Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 Winners List
Best FIFA Men’s Player 2023: Lionel Messi (Argentina & Inter Miami)
Best FIFA Women’s Player 2023: Aitana Bonmati (Spain & Barcelona)
Best FIFA Men’s Coach 2023: Pep Guardiola (Manchester City)
Best FIFA Women’s Coach 2023: Sarina Wiegman (England)
Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper 2023: Ederson Moares (Manchester City & Brazil)
Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper 2023: Mary Earps (Manchester United)
Best FIFA Pukas Award 2023: Guiherme Madruga (Botafogo-SP)
FIFA Fair Play Award 2023: Brazil national team for stand against racism
FIFA Special Award: Marta (Brazil)
FIFA Fan Award 2023: Argentinian fan Hugo Daniel “Toto” Iniquez
FIFA FIFPro Men’s World XI
Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid/Belgium)
Defenders: Kyle Walker (Manchester City/England), Ruben Dias (Manchester City/Portugal), John Stones (Manchester City/England)
Midfielders: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City/Belgium), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid/England), Bernando Silva (Manchester City/Portugal)
Forwards: Lionel Messi (Argentina/PSG), Kylian Mbappe (France/PSG), Vinicius Junior (Brazil/Real Madrid), Erling Haaland (Norway/Manchester City)
FIFA FIFPro Women’s World XI
Goalkeeper: Christiane Endler (Lyon)
Defenders: Lucy bronze (Barcelona/England), Olga Carmona (Real Madrid/Spain), Alex Greenwood (England/Manchester City)
Midfielders: Aitana Bonmati (Barcelona/Spain), Ella Toone (Manchester United/England), Keira Walsh (Manchester City/Barcelona/England)
Forwards: Lauren James (Chelsea/England), Alex Morgan (USA/San Diego Wave), am Kerr (Chelsea/Australia), Alessia Russo (Manchester United/Arsenal/England).
