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Croatian international and Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric has been named the best footballer for the year 2018 by football’s world governing body, FIFA.
Modric beat off competition from Egypt and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and his former teammate and Portuguese captain Cristiano Ronaldo.
Modric, was an integral part of Madrid’s Champions League winning team, before leading his national side to runners-up position at the 2018 World Cup. He has adjudged the best player at the tournament in Russia.
Congratulations, Luka Modric ?
— #TheBest (@FIFAcom) September 24, 2018
Winner of #TheBest FIFA Men's Player 2018 ?#FIFAFootballAwards pic.twitter.com/D489MswXug
It is the second major award that Modric has beaten the duo to. In August this year at an event in Monaco, Modric was named Europe’s best player.
The award were presented at this season’s Champions League group-stage draw. The trophy returned to Madrid given that the holder till then was Ronaldo, who left Madrid to join Turin side, Juventus.
The Portuguese, who has three wins in total, and is the only player to have made the shortlist every year since UEFA created the award in 2011.
Salah’s one win, double loss
Egyptian international Mohamed Salah won the best goal award at the 2018 FIFA top awards ceremony. The event took place in London on Monday evening.
The Liverpool player’s goal against Merseyside rivals, Everton, in the Premier League was adjudged the best goal and winner of the Puskas Award.
The FIFA Puskás Award is an award established on 20 October 2009 at the behest of then-president Sepp Blatter, in order to award the player, male or female, judged to have scored the most aesthetically significant, or “most beautiful”, goal of the year.
THAT sensational derby day strike… ?#TheBest #FIFAFootballAwards pic.twitter.com/XOM9G9P5zD
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 24, 2018
Others awards given out so far are:
- Didier Deschamps, Winner of #TheBest FIFA Men’s Coach 2018
- Thibaut Courtois, Winner of #TheBest FIFA Goalkeeper 2018
- Reynald Pedros, Winner of #TheBest FIFA Women’s Coach 2018
- Kylian Mbappe, Winner of #TheBest FIFA Young Player 2018
- Peru fans, Winner of #TheBest FIFA Fan Award 2018
- Lennart Thy, Winner of The FIFA Fair Play Award 2018
- Marta, Winner of #TheBest FIFA Women’s Player 2018
What a team ?
— #TheBest (@FIFAcom) September 24, 2018
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World11 ?#TheBest #FIFAFootballAwards pic.twitter.com/KLisY7B2y4
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— #TheBest (@FIFAcom) September 24, 2018
Tonight's winners so far!
Plenty more to come…#TheBest #FIFAFootballAwards pic.twitter.com/QYubkPGzax
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