Lionel Messi added a new individual award to his award-winning career. On Monday, January 15, the Argentine won “The Best” award in London, surpassing great footballers such as Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappé. The Inter Miami captain also won the medal awarded by FIFA for the second time in a row and the third time in his professional career.
However, there is one award that the man from Rosario could not celebrate, despite being nominated seven times, and that was won by Cristiano Ronaldo, a footballer they considered his biggest rival and with whom he constantly competed to see who scored the most goals or won trophies . Individual or group.
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What is the only individual award that Lionel Messi has not won in his entire career?
He Puskas Prize. Since 2009, FIFA has decided to create this award in honor of the legendary Real Madrid legend Ferenc Puskás, captain and star of the Hungarian national team in 1950.
This award recognizes the football player who scored the best goal of the year. According to FIFA, the goal must be “aesthetically beautiful and awarded without regard to championship, gender or nationality.”
Since then, several players of different nationalities and genders have won this medal. Below, Cristiano Ronaldo It was the first. For his part, Lionel Messi has been nominated seven times and has never managed to win this trophy. Below we show you the list of players who won the Puskás Prize.
2008/09 season
- First place: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal – Manchester United)
- Second place: Andrés Iniesta (Spain – Barcelona)
- third place: Graphite (Brazil – Wolfsburg).
2009/10 season
- First place: Hamit Altintop (Türkiye – Türkiye)
- Second place: Linus Hallenius (Suecia – Hammarby)
- third place: Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Netherlands – Netherlands).
2010-11 season
- First place: Neymar (Brazil – Santos)
- Second place: Wayne Rooney (Inglaterra – Manchester United)
- third place: Lionel Messi (Argentina – Barcelona).
2011-12 season
- First place: Miroslav Stoch (Eslovakia – Fenerbache)
- Second place: Radamel Falcao (Colombia – Atlético de Madrid)
- third place: Nemar (Brazil – Santos).
2012-13 season
- First place: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden – Sweden)
- Second place: Nemanja Matic (Serbia – Benfica)
- third place: Neymar (Brazil – Brazil).
2013-14 season
- First place: James Rodríguez (Colombia – Colombia)
- Second place: Stephanie Roche (Ireland – Peanmount United)
- third place: Robin van Persie (Netherlands – Netherlands).
2014-15 season
- First place: Wendell Lira (Brazil – Goianésia)
- Second place: Lionel Messi (Argentina – Barcelona)
- third place: Alessandro Florenzi (Italy – Rome).
2015-16 season
- First place: Mohd Faiz Subri (Malaysia – Penang)
- Second place: Johnath Marlone (Brazil – Corinthians)
- third place: Daniuska Rodríguez (Venezuela – Venezuela U17).
2016-17 season
- First place: Olivier Giroud (France – Arsenal)
- Second place: Oscarine Masuluke (South Africa – Baroka)
- third place: Deyna Castellanos (Venezuela – Venezuela U17).
2017-18 season
- First place: Mohamed Salah (Egypt – Liverpool FC)
- Second place: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal – Real Madrid)
- third place: Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Uruguay – Cruzeiro).
2018-19 season
- First place: Daniel Zsori (Romania – Debreceni VSC)
- Second place: Lionel Messi (Argentina – Barcelona)
- third place: Juan Fernando Quintero (Colombia – River Plate).
2019-20 season
- First place: Son Heung-Min (South Korea – Tottenham)
- Second place: Luis Suárez (Uruguay – Barcelona)
- third place: Giorgian de Arrascaeta (Uruguay – Flamengo).
2020-21 season
- First place: Erik Lamela (Argentina – Tottenham)
- Second place: Mehdi Taremi (Iran – Porto)
- third place: Patrik Schick (Czech Republic – Czech Republic).
2021-22 season
- First place: Marcin Oleksy (Poland – Warta Poznan)
- Second place: Dimitri Payet (France – Olympique de Marseille)
- third place: Richarlison (Brazil – Brazil).
2022-23 season
- First place: Guilherme Madruga (Brazil – Botafogo)
- Second place: Nuno Santos (Portugal – Sporting Lisbon)
- third place: Julius Enciso (Paraguay – Brighton).