FIFA The Best: FIFA Awards 2023 – After ending the year with the most coveted World Cup in hand, it was expected that the magician Lionel Messi would win FIFA The Best player award. However, the final scoring points of the top 3 players were quite close. As it’s counted as per the votes by players and coaches, it’s always interesting to see which player voted for whom for the best player award. Follow FIFA awards 2023 Updates on InsideSport.IN
FIFA The Best: Neymar, Vinicius, Benzema – Check who Lionel Messi, Mohamed Salah, Robert Lewandowski voted as The Best Player in FIFA Awards
FIFA selects a number of national team players and coaches to vote for previous year’s best coach and players of the world. This year’s vote was quite interesting as Mohamed Salah gave the strangest votes, Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t come to vote at all, and Pepe voted in his place.
Mohamed Salah voted for Vinicius Jr. as his first choice followed by Kevin De Bruyne and Achraf Hakimi. Pepe voted for Kylian Mbappe as his first choice. Whereas, when everyone expected the Austrian captain David Alaba to vote Karim Benzema as his first choice, it was a surprise to see that he voted for Lionel Messi as the first choice.
FIFA The Best: Neymar, Vinicius, Benzema – Check who Lionel Messi, Mohamed Salah, Robert Lewandowski voted as The Best Player in FIFA Awards
When asked about it, he said “The Austrian national team vote for this award as a team, not me alone. Everyone in the team council is able to vote and that’s how it’s decided. Everyone knows, especially Karim, how much I admire him and his performances and I have often said that for me he is the best striker in the world, and that is still the case. Without doubt.”
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Votes by players:
| Who Voted | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| Lionel Messi | Neymar | Kylian Mbappe | Karim Benzema |
| Robert Lewandowski | Lionel Messi | Kylian Mbappe | Luka Modric |
| Mohamed Salah | Vinicius Junior | Kevin De Buyne | Achraf Hakimi |
| David Alaba | Lionel Messi | Karim Benzema | Kylian Mbappe |
| Thiago Silva | Neymar | Lionel Messi | Karim Benzema |
| Luka Modric | Karim Benzema | Lionel Messi | Kylian Mbappe |
| Virgil Van Dijk | Lionel Messi | Mohamed Salah | Kevin De Bruyne |
| Hugo Lloris | Kylian Mbappe | Karim Benzema | Lionel Messi |
| Sergio Busquets | Lionel Messi | Robert Lewandowski | Karim Benzema |
| Harry Kane | Lionel Messi | Sadio Mane | Karim Benzema |
FIFA The Best awards were given in 6 different categories among which the most were won by World Cup winner Argentines –
- Best player won by Argentine magician Lionel Messi
- Best coach won by Argentina national team coach Lionel Scaloni
- Best goalkeeper won by Argentine Emiliano Martinez
- Puskas Award won by Marcin Oleksy
- Fair Play Award won by Luka Lochoshvili
- Best Fan Award won by Argentina supporters
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- Thibaut Courtois
- Joao Cancelo
- Virgil van Dijk
- Achraf Hakimi
- Casemiro
- Kevin De Bruyne
- Luka Modric
- Karim Benzema
- Erling Haaland
- Kylian Mbappe
- Lionel Messi
