Messi wins the FIFA World Player of the Year award, and Guardiola wins the Best Coach award

Argentine star Lionel Messi was crowned the best player in the world during the “The Best” awards ceremony organized by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), while Spanish coach Pep Guardiola of Manchester City won the best coach award at the ceremony held in London in the presence of a group of The best past and current players. Messi, the American Inter Miami player, won the title after competing with City striker Erling Haaland and Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe. Brazilian Ederson, City's goalkeeper, won the best goalkeeper award, ahead of Thibaut Courtois, Real Madrid's goalkeeper, and Yassine Bounou, Al-Hilal's Saudi goalkeeper. Messi wins by a small margin. This is the third time that Messi, who is 36 years old, has won the title of best player since the award was launched in 2016, as he won the title in the previous two years, 2019 and 2022.

Messi moved to Inter Miami, a competitor inside the American soccer League, in June of last year, coming from Paris Saint-Germain, where he scored nine goals for Paris Saint-Germain and gained the French League identify for the first time.
Messi moved to Inter Miami, a competitor in the American Football League, in June of last year, coming from Paris Saint-Germain, where he scored nine goals for Paris Saint-Germain and won the French League title for the first time.

Whilst the French participant Mbappé received the French League identify closing 12 months along with his group, Paris Saint-Germain, and won the Golden Boot for the fifth time in a row. Mbappe, 25 years old, scored 18 desires for his French membership for the duration of the length from December 19, 2022 to August 20, 2023, that's the period that changed into accepted for assessment to award FIFA awards.