FIFA held its annual The Best awards gala in Zurich, Switzerland, on Monday, in which world soccer's governing body heralded the biggest successes and achievements of the past year, with Robert Lewandowski and Alexia Putellas going home with the big individual awards.
Prolific Bayern Munich and Poland striker Lewandowski was crowned The Best FIFA Men's Player for the second successive year after he scored 51 goals in 44 games in 2021 for club and country, finishing as the Bundesliga's top scorer and winning his ninth German top flight-title in the process.