The Best FIFA Men's Player
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The Best FIFA Men's Player is an association football award presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, since 2016, to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous calendar year.[1] The award was formerly known as the FIFA World Player of the Year, which was merged with France Football's Ballon d'Or in 2010 to become the FIFA Ballon d'Or in a six-year partnership.[2]
This article is about the newest iteration of the world football player award (2016–present). For the first award (1991–2009), see FIFA World Player of the Year. For the second award (2010–2015), see FIFA Ballon d'Or.
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The Best FIFA Men's Player | ||||
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Date | 2016; 8 years ago (2016) | |||
Presented by | FIFA | |||
Formerly called | FIFA World Player of the Year (1991–2009) FIFA Ballon d'Or (2010–2015) | |||
First awarded | 2016 | |||
Current holder | Lionel Messi (3rd award) | |||
Most awards | Lionel Messi (3 awards) | |||
Website | fifa.com | |||
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