Modric breaks 10-year Messi-Ronaldo duopoly to win FIFA best player award
Luka Modric has defeated fellow finalists, Mohamed Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo, to win the 2018 Best FIFA player award.
The Croatian midfielder broke the 10-year duopoly of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo at the ceremony which held at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Monday.
Modric was the player of the tournament at this summer’s World Cup and also won the UEFA player of the year award in August.
Salah’s English Premier League strike against Everton won him the Puskas gong.
Didier Deschamps, whose French team won the World Cup, beat Zinedine Zidane and Zlatko Dalic to claim the best men’s coach award.
Reynald Pedros of Lyon picked up the gong for best women’s coach award ahead of Sarina Wiegman and Asako Takakura.
Below is the full list of winners.
FIFA Player of the Year: Luka Modric
FIFA Women’s Player of the Year: Marta
Best Men’s Coach: Didier Deschamps
Best Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois
Best Women’s coach: Reynald Pedros
Puskas Award: Mohammed Salah
Best Fan: Peru’s fan
Best Fair play award: Lennart Thy
FIFProXI: David De Gea, Dani Alves, Rafael Varane, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Luka Modric, N’Golo Kanté, Eden Hazard, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo
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