In Paris, a ceremony of a “Golden Ball” was held, which receives the best football player of the world.
were also awarded the female “golden ball”, the Kopa Trophy prize is the best young player of the year, the prize named after Lion Yashin is a better goalkeeper and a prize of the best attacker.
Golden Ball in the 7th time went to Lionel Messi. In 2021, Messi won with Barcelona Cup of Spain and completed the 2020/21 league scorer from 30 goals, and the Argentine team first won the America’s Cup.
Second place in the number of “golden balls” belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo, he has 5 awards. Ronaldo this time took only the 6th place and for the first time since 2010 did not fall into the top three. The Portuguese refused to come to the ceremony.
The best young footballer was recognized by the Spanish midfielder “Barcelona” Pedri. The prize of Raymon Kopa was handed over for the third time in history. In 2018, Kilian Mbapp received the first award for football players, in 2019, the prize went to Matteau de Ligutu. In 2020, the award was not awarded due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The best striker was the Polish striker “Bavaria” Robert Levandowski. A 33-year-old footballer scored the largest number of heads for the club and the national team in the calendar year. In 2021, Levandowski scored 64 goals. In Cristiano Ronaldo – 42, Lionel Messi – 41.
The best football player elected Spanish Alexy Pulaks, also representing Barcelona.
Best Goalkeeper – European Champion Italian Gianluja Donnarumma, speaking now for the French “PSG”. The second place was taken by Eduar Mendi (“Chelsea”), the third – Yang cloud (“Atletico”).