THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYMAKER : LIONEL MESSI (ARGENTINA/FC BARCELONA)
Posted on Nov 27, 2019 | IFFHS News Category
IFFHS AWARDS 2019
THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYMAKER 2019
LIONEL MESSI SOVEREIGN !
Lionel Messi won his fourfh Award of The World’s Best Playmaker after 2015, 2016 and 2017 with a runaway victory of 214 points before Belgium’s leaders Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard !
Football experts in 90 countries from all continents were again impressed by the regular performances of the Genius Messi, who holds the all-time record of the IFFHS most Awards, 10 in 9 years !
Lionel Messi is not only a Playmaker, he is also a Top Goal Scorer (4 Awards as Top Division Goal Scorer and 2 as Internatioanl Top Goal Scorer).
He joined Xavi, also winner of 4 Playmaker Awards at the first place in this category before Iniesta (2), Zidane, Modric, Kaka and Kroos (all 1) !
THE WORLD’S BEST PLAYMAKER 2019 (by IFFHS)
Ranking | Name | Country | Club | Points |
1 | Lionel MESSI | Argentina | FC Barcelona | 299 |
2 | Kevin DE BRUYNE | Belgium | FC Manchester City | 85 |
3 | Eden HAZARD | Belgium | FC Chelsea/Real Madrid CF | 55 |
4 | Roberto FIRMINO | Brazil | FC Liverpool | 46 |
5 | Bernardo SILVA | Portugal | FC Manchester City | 32 |
6 | Dusan TADIC | Serbia | FC Ajax Amsterdam | 30 |
7 | Frenkie DE JONG | Netherlands | FC Ajax Amsterdam/FC Barcelona | 25 |
8 | Christian ERIKSEN | Denmark | Tottenham Hotspurs | 21 |
9 | Antoine GRIEZMANN | France | Atlético Madrid/FC Barcelona | 20 |
10 | Georginio WIJNALDUM | Netherlands | FC Liverpool | 17 |
11 | Luka MODRIC | Croatia | Real Madrid CF | 15 |
12 | Miralem PJANIC | Bosnia | FC Juventus | 11 |
13 | Mohamed SALAH | Egypt | FC Liverpool | 8 |
14 | Riyad Karim MAHREZ | Algeria | FC Manchester City | 6 |
14 | Paul POGBA | France | FC Manchester United | 6 |
16 | Hakim ZIYECH | Morocco | FC Ajax Amsterdam | 5 |
17 | THIAGO Alcantara | Spain | FC Bayern München | 3 |
18 | Ismael BENNACER | Algeria | AC Milan | 2 |
19 | Ignacio FERNANDEZ | Argentina | FC River Plate | 1 |
19 | Lorenzo INSIGNE | Italy | SSC Napoli | 1 |
19 | Sunil CHHETRI | India | FC Bengaluru | 1 |
19 | Pablo SARABIA | Spain | Paris SG | 1 |