Croatia and Real Madird Midfielder Luka Modric broke the long spell of Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo’s serial win of the best FIFA player award of the season.
Modric who led Croatia to world cup 2018 final and also led Real Madrid to UEFA Champions League final was announced as the overal winer of the precious award ahead of Messi and Christiano Ronaldo.
Below is the full list of winners
- Mens Player of the Year: Luka Modric (Real Madrid and Croatia)
- Womens Player of the Year: Marta (Brazil)
- Mens Coach of the Year: Didier Deschamps (France)
- Womens Coach of the Year: Reynald Pedros
- Puskas Award: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool v Everton)
- FIFPRO World XI: De Gea, Alves, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Modric, Kante, Hazard, Messi Mbappe, Ronaldo
- FIFA Fan Award: Peru supporters
- FIFA Fair Play Award: Lennart Thy (VVV Venlo, missed a match last year to donate stem cells to help a Leukaemia patient)
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This should've been the FIFA World XI#TheBest #FIFAFootballAwards pic.twitter.com/XSMzOA7H1d
— Fredrik (@F_Edits) September 24, 2018
Recap of the #FIFAFootballAwards
Courtois voted Best FIFA Goalkeeper, left out of World11
Salah nominated for the main award, left out of World11
Salah won Puskás Award for a goal that wasn't even nominated for the PL goal of the season
Idris Elba wore a Southgate waistcoat: pic.twitter.com/qSwiRDvDMN
— bet365 (@bet365) September 24, 2018
FIFA PRO XI
🇪🇸 De Gea
🇧🇷 Dani Alves
🇫🇷 Varane
🇪🇸 Sergio Ramos
🇧🇷 Marcelo
🇭🇷 Modric
🇫🇷 Kante
🇧🇪 Hazard
🇦🇷 Messi
🇫🇷 Mbappe
🇵🇹 Ronaldo
Arsenal, What Happened?? I thought you all claimed to be The "Best".#FIFAFootballAwards
— Dhahabu Kenya (@dhahabumedia) September 24, 2018
