Ousmane Dembélé, who won the Ballon d’Or a few months ago, was also rewarded this Tuesday with The Best prize. The French footballer won the FIFA award with 50 points, surpassing FC Barcelona’s Spanish striker Lamine Yamal (39) by 11 and at 15 years old the French striker of Real Madrid Kylian Mbappé (35 years old), as revealed this Tuesday by the governing body of world football.
The Paris Saint-Germain player received 547 points from national coaches, 691 points from team captains, 696 from journalists and 714,398 from supporters. obtaining a final score of 50. Each voter grants five points to their favorite candidate, three to the second and one to the third.
For his part, Lamine Yamal collected 240 points from coaches, compared to 204 for Mbappé; 224 of the captains, by 226 of the French; 257 of journalists, by 101; and 658,053 from fans, for 675,334. The final result was 39 points for the Spaniard and 35 for the Frenchman.
After them finished the Moroccan defender of PSG Achraf Hakimi (31 years old) and the Brazilian of Barça Raphinha (29) finished fifth. The Egyptian striker from Liverpool Mohamed Salah (24 years old), the Portuguese midfielder from Paris Saint-Germain Vitinha (22 years old), the Englishman from Bayern Munich Harry Kane (14 years old), the Portuguese Nuno Mendes (13 years old) from PSG, the Spanish midfielder from FC Barcelona Pedri (12 years old) and the Englishman from Chelsea Cole Palmer (7 years old) complete the “Top 10”.
Votes for De la Fuente, Lewandowski or Ancelotti
Spain captain Unai Simón voted with five points for his teammate Lamine Yamal, followed by Pedri and Nuno Mendes, while coach Luis de la Fuente opted for Pedri first and completed the shortlist with Lamine Yamal and Mbappé.
The Argentinian Leo Messi, as captain of the Albiceleste, voted for his former teammate at Barça Ousmane Dembélé, Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal, in that order, while Robert Lewandowski, who wears the bracelet in Poland, gave the five points to his Barcelona colleague Lamine Yamal, followed by the Catalans Raphinha and Pedri.
For his part, the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, coach of Brazil, gave his votes to Dembélé, Raphinha and Mbappé, and the Spaniards Roberto Martínez (Portugal) and Julen Lopetegui (Qatar) favored Nuno Mendes, Vitinha and Lamine Yamal and by Vitinha, Lamine Yamal and Pedri, respectively.
Regarding the women’s prize, the FC Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmatí won the trophy with 52 points, surpassing two other compatriots: Arsenal striker Mariona Caldentey, who scored 40, and her Culé teammate Alexia Putellas, with 33.
Curiously, the Spanish captain, Irene Paredes did not vote for the winner and gave her points to Patri Guijarro, firstly, in Putellas and Caldentey. The Spanish coach, Sonia Bermúdez, voted for Bonmatí, but in second place, behind Caldentey and ahead of Putellas.
At the same time, the current women’s coach of Morocco, the former Spanish coach Jorge Vilda, opted for Mariona Caldentey, Patri Guijarro and Claudia Pina, in that order.
The winners of the Best Awards They opted for a system that gives equal weight to fan votes; current captains and coaches of the men’s and women’s national teams; and representatives of the press.
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