The World Football Organization has announced the 2021 Football Player of the Year.
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On Monday, January 17, the FIFA The Best awards ceremony for the best football players of 2021 according to FIFA took place in Zurich.
FIFA has formed a team according to the 3-3-4 scheme.
The captains of the national teams, head coaches and journalists from each country took part in the voting. They all named their three winners.
Team of the Year
The composition of the impromptu team looks like this:
Gianluigi Donnarumma – Ruben Dias, Leonardo Bonucci, David Alaba – Ngolo Kante, Jorginho, Kevin de Bruyne – Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Erling Haaland, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Personal Awards of the Year
- Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski was named Player of the Year, ahead of PSG’s Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
- Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel named best mentor.
- Chelsea and Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy was named the best goalkeeper.
Voting results table:
| Footballer | Role | Citizenship | Club(s) | Pts |
| 1. Robert Lewandowski | Attack | Poland | Bavaria | 48 |
| 2. Lionel Messi | Attack | Argentina | Barcelona/PSG | 44 |
| 3. Mohamed Salah | Attack | Egypt | Liverpool | 39 |
| 4. Karim Benzema | Attack | France | Real | 30 |
| 5—6. Ngolo Kante | Halfback | France | Chelsea | 24 |
| 5—6. Jorginho | Halfback | Italy | Chelsea | 24 |
| 7. Cristiano Ronaldo | Attack | Portugal | Juventus/MU | 23 |
| 8. Kylian Mbappe | Attack | France | Chelsea | 16 |
| 9. Kevin de Bruyne | Halfback | Belgium | ManCity | 11 |
| 10. Neymar | Attack | Brazil | PSG | 10 |
| 11. Erling Holland | Attack | Norway | Borussia D | 7 |
