Lionel Messi becomes the FIFA Best player of the year 2019

Lionel Messi having scored 54 goals in 58 games for Barcelona and Argentina during the 2018-19 season finally stood up as the best FIFA player smashing the competetion rivals Virgil Van Dijk and Cristina ronaldo by more than 15 votes.

Barcelona's Lionel Messi won the best men's player at the Best Fifa Football Awards in Milan as Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk passed up the top prize.

It is the 6th time Messi has been cast a ballot the world's ideal, after successes in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015.

The 32-year-old Argentine helped Barcelona win La Liga and arrived at the semi-finals of the Champions League.