Contemporary superstar Messi (Inter Miami) became the winner of Goal’s GOAL50 2023 award. This award is calculated through 5.75 million votes from fans around the globe.
According to Goal, more than a decade has passed, and at the age of 36, Messi still maintains his unparalleled excellent performance at the professional level. In his final season with PSG, things may not have gone according to plan, but Messi had a great performance and helped Argentina win the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
After joining Inter Miami this summer, Messi immediately changed David Beckham’s team history by winning the 2023 Leagues Cup. Messi is simply still the best player on the planet.
Behind Messi in the top 10 of the tournament are Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham, Kylian Mbappe, Kevin De Bruyne, Harry Kane, Mohamed Salah, Vinicius Junior, Luka Modric, Bernardo Silva.
In addition, this year’s award does not have Ronaldo in the top 50 players. Besides, the top 50 is also somewhat surprising when Man United has 5 names: Bruno Fernandes – 32nd, Casemiro – 34th, Marcus Rashford – 36th, Lisandro Martinez – 45th, Sofyan Amrabat – 50th.
The 2023 GOAL50 Award is the 7th time Messi has won in this category and 2 times more than Cristiano Ronaldo (5 times).
In addition to these two contemporary superstars, Wesley Snejider, Virgil van Dijk, Robert Lewandowsk, and Luka Modric all won this title once.
In the women’s award, Zambian striker Racheal Kundananji (Real Madrid) is the No. 1 winner of GOAL50 2023.
GOAL50 is an annual award, ranking the 50 best football players in the world in the previous year. Before 2022, the winner of the GOAL50 award (top 50) is decided by a jury of experts from GOAL editions in 42 countries.
However, the tournament’s organizational structure has been changed from 2022, giving fans the right to decide through voting in random confrontations between players.
