Lionel Messi won his sixth Ballon d’Or title on Monday after defeating Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk and rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
Liverpool goalkeeper, Allison Becker won the maiden edition of the Yachine Trophy to become the Best shot-stopper in the world after helping Liverpool to Champions League win and also winning the COPA America with Brazil.
Former Ajax captain Matthijs de Ligt beat England’s Jordan Sancho to win the Kopa Trophy which was won first by Paris Saint-German star, Kylian Mbappe last year.
De Ligt who joined Juventus in the summer won the best young player award after helping Ajax to the Semi-Final of Champions League last season.
FIFA Women’s World World Cup winner, Megan Rapinoe won the 2019 Women’s Ballon d’Or award after her contribution in Summer World Cup won in France by the United States Women’s team.
1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina)
2. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool and Netherlands)
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus and Portugal)
4. Sadio Mane (Liverpool and Senegal)
5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool and Egypt)
6. Kylian Mbappe (Paris St-Germain and France)
7. Alisson (Liverpool and Brazil)
8. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich and Poland)
9. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City and Portugal)
10. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City and Algeria)
11. Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona and Netherlands)
12. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City and England)
13. Eden Hazard (Real Madrid and Belgium)
14. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City and Belgium)
15. Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus and Netherlands)
16. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City and Argentina)
17. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool and Brazil)
18. Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona and France)
19. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool and England)
20= Dusan Tadic (Ajax and Serbia)
20= Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal and Gabon)
22. Son Heung-min (Tottenham and South Korea)
23. Hugo Lloris (Tottenham and France)
24= Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli and Senegal)
24= Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona and Germany)
28= Donny van de Beek (Ajax and Netherlands)
28= Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid and Portugal)
28= Marquinhos (Paris St-Germain and Brazil)
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