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Britain’s Lucy Bronze was named Soccer Player of the Year.
Robert Lewandowski was chosen world footballer after his exceptional year 2020 with the triple winner of FC Bayern. The 32-year-old Pole beat Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus of Turin in the FIFA world federation vote. Hansi Flick missed the freestyle to become the best coach in the world – the award was presented to Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp at the digital gala on Thursday in Zurich. Manuel Neuer was honored as the best goalkeeper of the year.
Lewandowski was enthusiastic in a first reaction. “It is an incredible feeling, I am very proud and very satisfied. A great day. This award also belongs to my teammates and coaches,” said the scorer.
Messi and Ronaldo defeated
With his triumph, the Pole is the only player besides Luka Modric (2018) who has had the advantage in this election against Messi and Ronaldo in the recent past. For the rest, the Argentine (six wins) and the Portuguese (five) shared the honors of world football. Winning the trophy in the era of Messi and Ronaldo “means a lot to me,” Lewandowski said.
Bayern had won the German championship, the DFB Cup and the Champions League title in 2020. Lewandowski was the top scorer in all three competitions. The record champions of Germany also triumphed in the national and European Super Cup with David Alaba. Lewandowski achieved a premiere with his brilliant achievements: for the first time, a Bundesliga professional won the prestigious FIFA elections as a world footballer.
In the voting, the votes of the national coaches and captains of the selection teams of the FIFA member associations, as well as selected journalists and fans from around the world were equally decisive. Voting was possible until December 9.
The world footballer was the winner of the Champions League
Klopp won the coaching title for the second time in a row. After triumphing in the 2019 Champions League, he led the “Reds” to their first English championship in 30 years last season. “We did not dream for 30 years, but we did it for a few. That it worked in the summer was absolutely extraordinary,” said the German, adding, referring to the crown crisis: “We all had a very special year, unfortunately not in en en a positive way. “
The best coach went to Sarina Wiegman from the Netherlands, who recently coached her country’s national soccer team and now works for England. England’s Lucy Bronze, who now plays for Manchester City and who won the Champions League with Olympique Lyonnais in the summer, was voted World Player of the Year.
With Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich, Thiago (now Liverpool) and Lewandowski, four Bavarian triples made it to the FIFA world team, but not Alaba. South Korean Son Heung-Min scored the best goal of the year in his solo career for Tottenham against Burnley on December 7, 2019. Zlatko Junuzovic of Salzburg also entered the list of finalists in this category with his volley against Rapid el last June.
Summary of the winners:
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Footballer of the Year: Robert Lewandowski (POL / FC Bayern Munich)
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Footballer of the Year: Lucy Bronze (ENG / Manchester City)
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Coach of the Year: Jürgen Klopp (GER / Liverpool)
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Coach of the Year: Sarina Wiegman (NED / Team Principal Netherlands)
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Goalkeeper of the year: Manuel Neuer (GER / FC Bayern Munich)
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Torfrau des Jahres: Sarah Bouhaddi (FRA / Olympique Lyonnais)
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Fifa Puskas Goal of the Year Award: Son Heung-min (KOR / Tottenham)
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Fifa-Fairplay-Preis: Mattia Agnese (ITA)
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Fifa-Fanpreis: Marivaldo Francisco da Silva (BRA)
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