Lionel Messi has beaten Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk to be crowned The Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2019.
Messi helped Barcelona defend La Liga last season, while captaining Argentina to third place at Copa America over the summer.
The No 10 is now on six FIFA best-player gongs – one more than Ronaldo and more than any other player in history.
Lionel Messi has beaten Cristiano Ronaldo and Virgil van Dijk to be crowned The Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2019.
Messi helped Barcelona defend La Liga last season, while captaining Argentina to third place at Copa America over the summer.
The No 10 is now on six FIFA best-player gongs – one more than Ronaldo and more than any other player in history.
Ronaldo, meanwhile, did not attend The Best FIFA Football Awards gala in Milan, although he did feature in the FIFA FIFPro World 11.
It also marks the second successive year he has not won the accolade, having claimed the first two in 2016 and 2017.
However, the Juventus forward still has a chance to end the year with the Ballon d’Or, which is now a standalone prize after France Football ended its partnership with FIFA in 2016.