The captain of the Argentine national team and the striker of American Inter Miami chose Manchester City’s Norwegian striker Erling Haaland as the best football player of 2023. Relevant information is published at: Web site Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
Messi, who won the nomination for the best player of 2023 from FIFA, placed PSG’s striker Kylian Mbappe in second place and Manchester City’s Julián Alvarez in third place. Messi and Haaland scored the same number of points; The Argentine striker won because more national team captains voted for him.
However, Messi himself did not come to the awards ceremony. DSports initially reported that the reason for this decision was the voting result, which Messi did not win.
After playing for PSG for two years, Messi was transferred to Inter Miami in the summer of 2023. On August 20 last year, the Argentinian won the League Cup, the first trophy in America. After 14 matches for Inter Miami, Messi scored 11 goals and 5 assists. There is currently a pause in MLS before the season starts. In October, the forward won the eighth Ballon d’Or of his career.
In December 2022, Messi became world champion as part of the Argentine national team. This is the first trophy of this kind in the career of a star football player. In the tournament, the striker scored seven goals in seven matches, four of which came from penalties.
It was previously reported that Cristiano Ronaldo. denied Take part in the FIFA voting.