Lionel Messi, FIFA and Puskas Award
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Who won The Best FIFA Football awards 2024? Final results as Vinicius Jr headlines list of prize winners originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
On December 16, FIFA presented The Best award, recognizing Ousmane Dembele of France and Paris Saint-Germain as the top player globally. He has now achieved a record only achieved previously by Lionel Messi.
The FIFA Puskás Award is less self-explanatory, but is awarded to the best goal across a calendar year. A few unknowns have achieved the feat, with Mohd Faiz Subri, Dániel Zsóri, Marcin Oleksy and Guilherme Madruga hardly household names.
PSG duo Ousmane Dembélé and Luis Enrique, along with Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmatí, were the big winners at The Best FIFA Football Awards.