Lionel Messi named the best player of the year and wins the FIFA The Best Award for the seventh time in his career At the age of 35, the Argentine star Lionel Messi, who led his national team to the title of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, won this Monday, February 27, the FIFA The Best award for the seventh time in his career, the trophy of best player of the year 2022. Messi “beat” a competition made up of Karim Benzema, a Real Madrid player, and Kylian Mbappé, his teammate at Paris Saint-Germain, in a ceremony that took place in Paris, France. #messi #mbappe #psg #neymar