Lewandowski beats Ronaldo, Messi to win 2020 Best FIFA Player Award

Lewandowski beat Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to emerge the best player in the world for this year.

This year’s award event was held virtually from FIFA’s headquarter in Zurich on Thursday night.

Lucy Bronze, England and Manchester City player, won the Women’s Player of the Year Award while Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool’s gaffer, beat Marcelo Bielsa and Handi Flick of Leeds United and Bayern Munich respectively to the Best FIFA Coach of the Year Award.

Klopp guided Liverpool to a first Premier League title for 30 years last season.

Sarina Wiegman of Netherlands carted home the Best FIFA Women’s Coach Award.

Manuel Neuer, Germany and Bayern Munich shot stopper, won the Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper Award while Sarah Bouhaddi clinched the women version.

Heung-Min Son of Tottenham Hotspur picked the award for the best goal of the past 12 months at the FIFA Best Awards for his incredible solo effort against Burnley in the last campaign.

Below is the full list of winners:

• The BEST FIFA Men’s Player: Robert Lewandowski
• The BEST FIFA Women’s Player: Lucy Bronze
• The BEST FIFA Women’s Coach: Sarina Wiegman
• The BEST FIFA Men’s Coach: Jürgen Klopp
• The BEST FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper: Sarah Bouhaddi
• The BEST FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper: Manuel Nueur
• The FIFA Fair Play Award: Mattia Agnese
• The Puskas Award: Heung-Min Son
• The FIFA Fan Award: Marivaldo Francisco Da Silva
• The BEST FIFPRO Women’s World 11: Christiane Endler, Lucy Bronze, Wendie Renard, Millie Bright, Delphine Cascarino, Barbara Bonansea, Veronica Boquete, Megan Rapinoe, Pernille Harder, Vivianne Miedema, Tobin Heath
• The BEST FIFPRO Men’s World 11: Alison Becker, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Sergio Ramos, Virgil van Dijk, Alphonso Davies, Kevin De Bruyne, Thiago Alcantara, Joshua Kimmich, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski, Cristiano Ronaldo