{"id":754721,"date":"2022-01-18T04:12:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T04:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/18\/lewandowski-wins-best-fifa-mens-player-of-the-year-award\/"},"modified":"2022-01-18T04:12:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T04:12:04","slug":"lewandowski-wins-best-fifa-mens-player-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/18\/lewandowski-wins-best-fifa-mens-player-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewandowski wins Best Fifa Men&#8217;s Player of the Year award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"804\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/RL-696x804.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"RL\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski was named 2021 Best Fifa Men\u2019s Player of the Year, while Manchester United\u2019s Cristiano Ronaldo landed the special award.<\/p>\n<p>Lewandowski, 33, claimed the prize for the second consecutive year after scoring 69 goals.<\/p>\n<p>He won ahead of Liverpool\u2019s Mohamed Salah and Paris St-Germain\u2019s Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo was lauded for being the men\u2019s international all-time top scorer.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Lewandowski broke the late Gerd Muller\u2019s 49-year record for scoring the most Bundesliga goals in a calendar year with 43 in 34 league appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel won the award for the Best Fifa men\u2019s coach for guiding Chelsea to their second Champions League title after only joining the club in January.<\/p>\n<p>Former Tottenham winger Erik Lamela \u2013 sold to Sevilla in the summer \u2013 won the Fifa Puskas award, which recognises the best goal in world football during the year, after his\u00a0\u2018rabona\u2019 finish in the north London derby against Arsenal\u00a0last March.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s Edouard Mendy won the award for the Best Fifa men\u2019s goalkeeper after a successful first season with the club, including a clean sheet in the 1-0 win over Manchester City in the Champions League final.<\/p>\n<p>The Denmark national team and their staff won the Best Fifa fair play award for their swift response after Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field during the Euro 2020 game with Finland.<\/p>\n<p>On a successful night for Chelsea, Emma Hayes also won the award for the Best Fifa women\u2019s coach as her side won a treble of domestic trophies.<\/p>\n<p>As for the collective awards, Manchester City\u2019s Ruben Dias and Kevin de Bruyne joined Chelsea\u2019s N\u2019Golo Kante and Jorginho, and Manchester United\u2019s Ronaldo, in the Best Fifa men\u2019s team of the year.<\/p>\n<p>While two-time men\u2019s winner Ronaldo was given the special award for surpassing Ali Daei\u2019s 109-goal record for Iran \u2013 and included in the best XI \u2013 the Portugal captain was omitted from the shortlist for the individual prize for the first time since its inception.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s world XI:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan\/PSG\/Italy)<\/li>\n<li>David Alaba (Bayern Munich\/Real Madrid\/Austria)<\/li>\n<li>Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus\/Italy)<\/li>\n<li>Ruben Dias (Man City\/Portugal)<\/li>\n<li>Kevin de Bruyne (Man City\/Belgium)<\/li>\n<li>Jorginho (Chelsea\/Italy)<\/li>\n<li>N\u2019Golo Kante (Chelsea\/France)<\/li>\n<li>Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus\/Man Utd\/Portugal)<\/li>\n<li>Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund\/Norway)<\/li>\n<li>Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich\/Poland)<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Messi (Barcelona\/PSG\/Argentina).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"P8eJuEHCLmw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Premtobre Kasee on Adom TV (17-12-21)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P8eJuEHCLmw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski was named 2021 Best Fifa Men\u2019s Player of the Year, while Manchester United\u2019s Cristiano Ronaldo landed the special award. 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