Winners at FIFA’s The Best Awards ceremony in Milan

The football gala saw men and women football players and coaches grace the ceremony with their presence.

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo was a notable absentee with his arch-rival Lionel Messi clinching FIFA’s Best Men Player award for the sixth time in a row.

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk who won the UEFA Men’s Player award is in the pole position to compete for the Ballon d’Or alongside Messi and Ronaldo.

Winners at FIFA’s The Best Awards ceremony 

Best men’s player: Lionel Messi (ARG/Barcelona)

Best women’s player: Megan Rapinoe (USA/Reign FC)

Best men’s goalkeeper: Alisson Becker (BRA/Liverpool)

Best women’s goalkeeper: Sari van Veenendaal (NED/Atletico Madrid)

Men’s World 11 team of year: Alisson Becker (BRA/Liverpool); Sergio Ramos (ESP/Real Madrid), Virgil Van Dijk (NED/Liverpool), Matthijs De Ligt (NED/Juventus), Marcelo (BRA/Real Madrid); Luka Modric (CRO/Real Madrid), Frenkie De Jong (NED/Barcelona), Eden Hazard (BEL/Real Madrid); Lionel Messi (ARG/FC Barcelona), Kylian Mbappe (FRA/PSG), Cristiano Ronaldo (POR/Juventus)

Women’s World 11 team of year: Sari Van Veenendaal (NED/Atletico Madrid); Lucy Bronze (ENG/Lyon), Wendie Renard (FRA/Lyon), Nilla Fischer (SWE/Linkopings), Kelly O’Hara (USA/Utah Royals); Amandine Henry (FRA/Lyon), Julie Ertz (USA/Chicago), Rose Lavelle (USA/Washington); Marta (BRA/Orlando), Alex Morgan (USA/Orlando), Megan Rapinoe (USA/Reign FC)

Men’s coach: Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)

Women’s coach: Jill Ellis (USA)

Puskas Award best goal: Daniel Zsori (HUN/Debrecen)

Fair-play award: Marcelo Bielsa and Leeds United