The FIFA Best Awards: Robert Lewandowski and Alexia Putellas scoop Player of the Year prizes
Alexia Putellas cemented her place as the best player in women's football by winning the Player of the Year prize at FIFA's Best Awards, adding the accolade to her Ballon d'Or win at the end of 2021.
(CNN)Alexia Putellas cemented her spot arsenic the champion subordinate successful women's shot by winning the Player of the Year prize astatine FIFA's Best Awards, adding the accolade to her Ballon d'Or win astatine the extremity of 2021.
The Spain and Barcelona midfielder has been instrumental to her teams' occurrence astatine some nine and planetary level, helping Barça acceptable galore records connected its mode to winning the Spanish league, Champions League and Copa de la Reina successful 2021.
On the planetary stage, Spain won each crippled successful 2021 and, remarkably, didn't concede a azygous goal.
In the men's category, Robert Lewandowski won his 2nd consecutive Player of the Year crown, beating some Lionel Messi and Mo Salah successful the player-voted awards.
The Poland and Bayern Munich striker scored 43 Bundesliga goals successful 2021, breaking Gerd Muller's 49-year record of astir goals scored successful a calendar year.
Lewandowski was thought to beryllium the frontrunner for the Ballon d'Or award, but amazingly mislaid retired to Paris Saint-Germain's Messi backmost successful November.
It was a bully evening each circular for Chelsea, which had Emma Hayes scoop up the Women's Coach of the Year grant and Thomas Tuchel triumph the Men's Coach of the Year prize.
Chelsea Women won the league and cupful treble and reached the Champions League last nether Hayes, portion Tuchel guided the men's squad to Champions League glory past season.
Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy was crowned the Best Men's Goalkeeper, portion Chile Women's skipper and Lyon prima Christiane Endler won the women's award.
Cristiano Ronaldo was honored with a peculiar grant for becoming the all-time starring goalscorer successful men's planetary football.
The Manchester United guardant reached 115 goals for Portugal, surpassing the erstwhile grounds of 109 acceptable by Iran fable Ali Daei.
"It's a imagination [to acceptable the record]," Ronaldo said astatine the ceremony. "First of all, I person to accidental convey you to my teammates, particularly the nationalist squad during the past 20 years.
"I ne'er thought I would bushed that record, to people 115 [goals]. I'm truthful proud, it's a peculiar grant from FIFA, an enactment I respect a lot."
Former Tottenham midfielder Erik Lamela won the Puskas Award for the Goal of the Year for his stunning rabona onslaught against Arsenal successful the North London Derby.
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