Updated On: 01 March, 2023 09:38 AM IST | Paris | AFP
Lionel Messi, who won Best FIFA Men’s Player award, considers himself lucky that his dream of winning World Cup came true; Alexia Putellas retains women’s crown

A delighted Lionel Messi after receiving the Best FIFA Men’s Player 2022 award in Paris on Monday; (right) Alexia Putellas. Pics/Getty Images
Lionel Messi won The Best FIFA men’s player prize for 2022 on Monday on the back of his World Cup triumph with Argentina and Spain’s Alexia Putellas retained the women’s award at a ceremony in Paris.
Messi beat his Paris Saint-Germain teammate, and World Cup final rival, Kylian Mbappe to the men’s gong with Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema having been the other contender to claim the prize.