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The Polish forward claimed the award for the first time after scoring 55 goals en route to lifting a memorable hat-trick for Bayern Munich last season and picked up the gong thanks to a combination of votes from fans, journalists, coaches and team captains. .
“If you win such an award and share that title with Messi and Ronaldo, it’s incredible and it means a lot to me,” Lewandowski said after FIFA president Gianni Infantino presented him with the trophy.
“A long time ago, I remember yearning for something like this and now I can win such an award. This really means, no matter where you come from, the only thing that matters is what you put on.”
Those votes have now been made public and the picks of Messi and Ronaldo certainly make for interesting read.
Interestingly, Ronaldo voted for Lewandowski as the best player of 2020, but Messi chose his former Barcelona teammate Neymar at the number one position.
Ronaldo put Messi in second place and Kylian Mbappé in third, and Messi chose a second PSG star in Mbappé for second place before filling out his voting form with Lewandowski.
7 hours agoThis time Messi returned to favor leaving the Portuguese superstar out of the equation entirely.
England captain Harry Kane chose Lewandowski, Kevin De Bruyne and Messi in that order, and his coach Gareth Southgate had the same first choice, but he continued with the presence of the Premier League in the form of Virgil van Dijk and De Bruyne for the remaining two. peaks.
You can check the full list of votes here:
