Argentina megastar, Lionel Messi, won the Ballon d’Or for a record eighth time ahead of Manchester City’s Erling Haaland and France’s Kylian Mbappe, who finished second and third respectively.
The 2023 Ballon d’Or France Football award ceremony took place at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
Meanwhile, for his charity work in Brazil, Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior, founder of the Instituto Vini.Jr, was named the winner of the Socrates Award while his teammate Jude Bellingham won the 2023 Kopa Trophy. Argentina’s goalkeeper, Emiliano Martinez, won the Yachine Trophy Winner.
FC Barcelona Femeni were named Women’s Club of the Year.