Barcelona star Lionel Messi won the 2019 FIFA The Best Men's Player award on Monday, beating out Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk and Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo.
It was the 32-year-old's first win since the award separated from France Football's Ballon d'Or award in 2017:
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