Actual Madrid‘s Vinicius Junior secured the FIFA Greatest males’s participant award in Doha on Tuesday. Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati claimed the ladies’s prize for the second time.
The award follows Vinicius’ second-place end within the Ballon d’Or two months prior. Actual Madrid had chosen to not attend that ceremony. They’d realized prematurely that Manchester Metropolis’s Rodri would win.
The 24-year-old Brazilian personally accepted the FIFA award in Qatar. He’s there along with his membership for the Intercontinental Cup ultimate in opposition to Mexico’s Pachuca.
“Thanks very a lot. I do not know the place to begin. It was not possible to think about getting right here. I grew up in a world of poverty, of organised crime. It is for all the youngsters who develop up in that world. I thank everybody who voted for me,” Vinicius stated on stage.
“(Thanks) To my household, to the membership, to my teammates, to Carletto (Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti), who at all times helps me.
“To everybody who helped make my dream come true. I hope to be at Madrid for a few years, as a result of it’s the finest membership on this planet. To Flamengo (his first membership in Brazil). To my team-mates in my nationwide group. And to my nation, which at all times helps me in my work.”
Vinicius succeeds Lionel Messi, who received the earlier two FIFA Greatest males’s participant awards.
Final season, Vinicius contributed 24 targets and 11 assists in 39 matches throughout all competitions. He helped Actual Madrid obtain a La Liga and Champions League double.
Vinicius secured his third La Liga title in Could. He then received his second Champions League trophy on June 1st when Actual Madrid defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0.
Vinicius scored a vital aim within the ultimate minutes at Wembley, securing the victory for Actual Madrid.
Whereas Jude Bellingham typically overshadowed Vinicius in La Liga, Vinicius turned Actual Madrid’s key participant in essential European matches.
Vinicius led the Champions League winners in scoring with six targets. This included his aim within the ultimate and two targets within the semi-final win in opposition to Bayern Munich.
He additionally scored a hat-trick within the Supercopa ultimate in opposition to Barcelona, leading to a 4-1 victory in January.
Vinicius’ Copa America expertise with Brazil’s nationwide group over the summer season was much less profitable.
Regardless of scoring two targets in opposition to Paraguay within the group stage, his group was eradicated by Uruguay within the quarter-finals on penalties.
Aitana Bonmati, the 26-year-old Spanish midfielder, acquired the Greatest girls’s participant award for the second consecutive 12 months. This provides to her two Ballon d’Or awards.
“I am grateful, I am proud to obtain this award,” Bonmati stated by way of video hyperlink from Barcelona’s Olympic stadium.
Bonmati led Barcelona to an unprecedented continental quadruple of titles final season. She additionally received the Nations League with the Spanish nationwide group.
Within the 2023/24 season, Bonmati received each potential membership trophy. These included the Spanish league, the Copa de la Reina, the Supercopa de Espana, and her second consecutive Ladies’s Champions League title.
Bonmati delivered a player-of-the-match efficiency within the Champions League ultimate in opposition to Lyon, scoring a aim in Barcelona’s 2-Zero victory. This secured Barcelona’s third Champions League title in 4 seasons.
