Real Madrid attacker Vinicius Junior received the FIFA Best males’s participant of the yr award at a ceremony in Doha on Tuesday, whereas Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati picked up the ladies’s prize for the second time. The award comes two months after 24-year-old Vinicius was second within the Ballon d’Or, with Real electing to snub the ceremony once they discovered beforehand that Manchester City midfielder Rodri was set to win the trophy. But the Brazilian was this time available to gather the prize in individual as he’s in Qatar along with his membership forward of their Intercontinental Cup remaining conflict with Mexico’s Pachuca on Wednesday.
Vinicius succeeds Lionel Messi because the FIFA Best males’s participant after the Argentinian scooped up the final two editions of the award.
The dwell wire ahead scored 24 targets and laid on 11 assists in 39 matches throughout all competitions as he led Real to a La Liga and Champions League double final season.
Having already wrapped up his third La Liga title in May, Vinicius secured the second Champions League trophy of his profession as Real beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 on June 1.
Vinicius was on the scoresheet at Wembley with a pinpoint end inside the ultimate 10 minutes to make the sport protected for his staff.
If Vinicius at occasions performed second fiddle to clubmate Jude Bellingham in La Liga, he was undoubtedly the primary man for Madrid in Europe as soon as the going acquired critical.
He was the highest scorer for the Champions League winners with six targets within the competitors, together with the strike within the remaining and a brace in Madrid’s 4-3 combination win over Bayern Munich within the semi-finals.
He additionally scored a hat-trick in a 4-1 victory within the remaining of the Supercopa towards arch-rivals Barcelona in January.
But it was not all plain crusing final season for Vinicius as he endured a disappointing Copa America with the Brazilian nationwide staff over the summer season.
He scored two targets in a group-stage win towards Paraguay, however his facet finally crashed out on penalties to Uruguay within the quarter-finals.
– Serial winner Bonmati –
The 26-year-old Spaniard Bonmati picked up the Best girls’s participant award for the second yr working, including to the 2 Ballon d’Or trophies she already boasts.
“I’m grateful, I’m proud to obtain this award,” Bonmati mentioned by way of video hyperlink from Barcelona’s Olympic stadium.
Last time period, Bonmati led Barcelona to a historic continental quadruple of titles and claimed the Nations League along with her nationwide staff.
She received each trophy obtainable to her in membership soccer in 2023/24 — the Spanish league, the Copa de la Reina, the Supercopa de Espana and a second-successive Women’s Champions League.
Bonmati scored a purpose and put in a player-of-the-match efficiency as Barcelona beat Lyon 2-0 within the remaining of the Champions League to say their third title in 4 seasons.
Manchester United’s Argentine ahead Alejandro Garnacho received the Puskas award for one of the best purpose of the yr for his spectacular bicycle kick towards Everton within the Premier League.
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