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Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas scooped the top two individual awards at the Best FIFA Awards ceremony in Paris on Monday night.
Messi was named Best FIFA Men's player of 2022, ahead of his Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappe and Real Madrid star Karim Benzema. Putellas won the award for Best FIFA Women's Player for a second year in succession, ahead of Alex Morgan and Beth Mead.
It was a good night for Argentina, who backed up their World Cup win in December with an array of individual awards. There were plenty of stars in attendance, with the ceremony also providing a platform for the best world XIs to be named after FIFPRO collected votes from players.
The awards took place in Paris, with Jermaine Jenas and Samantha Johnson hosting. The evening contained an opening speech from Gianni Infantino and an emotional tribute to Pele, following his passing away aged 82 in December.
Here is the full list of every award winner and nominee.
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Best FIFA Men's Player
Winner: Lionel Messi
Nominees: Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema
Best FIFA Women's Player
Alexia Putellas won the Best FIFA Womens Player award (FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)
Winner: Alexia Putellas
Nominees: Beth Mead, Alex Morgan
Best Men's XI
Thibaut Courtois; Achraf Hakimi, Joao Cancelo, Virgil van Dijk; Kevin De Bruyne, Luka Modric, Casemiro; Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema, Erling Haaland
Virgil van Dijk, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Achraf Hakimi, Casemiro and Joao Cancelo were named in the FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11 (Joe Maher/FIFA via Getty Images)Best Women's XI
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Christiane Endler; Lucy Bronze, Maria Leon, Leah Williamson, Wendy Renard; Alexia Putellas, Keira Walsh, Lena Oberdorff; Alex Morgan, Sam Kerr, Beth Mead
FIFA Best Fans Award
Winner: Argentina's fans
Nominees: Japan's fans, Abdullah Al-Salmi
FIFA Fair Play Award
Winner: Luka Lochoshvili
Nominees: Eduardo Camavinga and France under-21s team, Sadio Mane
Best Men's Coach Award
Lionel Scaloni was named the best coach (FRANCK FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)Winner: Lionel Scaloni
Nominees: Carlo Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola
Best Womens's Coach Award
Winner: Sarina Wiegman
Nominees: Sonia Bompastor, Pia Sundhage
Puskas Award
Winner: Marcin Oleksy (Warta Poznan vs Stal Rzeszow - 6 November 2022)
Nominees: Mario Balotelli (Adana Demirspor vs Goztepe - 22 May 2022), Amandine Henry ( Barcelona vs Lyon - 21 May 2022), Theo Hernandez (AC Milan vs Atalanta - 15 May 2022), Alou Kuol (Iraq U23 vs Australia U23 - 4 June 2022), Kylian Mbappe (Argentina vs France - 18 December 2022), Francisco Gonzalez Metilli (Club Atletico Central Cordoba vs Rosario Central - 1 August 2022), Salma Paralluelo (Barcelona vs Villarreal - 2 April 2022), Dimitri Payet (Marseille vs PAOK - 7 April 2022), Richarlison (Brazil vs Serbia - 24 November 2022), Alessia Russo (England vs Sweden - 26 July 2022)
Best Men's Goalkeeper
Winner: Emiliano Martinez
Nominees: Thibaut Courtois, Yassine Bounou
Best Women's Goalkeeper
Winner: Mary Earps
Nominees: Ann Katrin Berger, Christiane Endler