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Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas were topped winners of this 12 months's GOAL50 awards.
Having gained his first primary honour at senior international stage with Argentina, the Copa America, Messi has equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's file of 5 GOAL50 triumphs.
He pipped his first-rate rival to the top spot via just 24 votes, a remarkably miniscule margin of victory.
This 12 months the ratings had been determined by a sequence of head-to-head battles voted on with the aid of enthusiasts all around the global, who came out in force to aid their preferred gamers.
Over 14 million votes have been cast inside the guys's phase by myself, with Messi's battle with Ronaldo going proper right down to the twine.
FULL MEN'S RESULTS HERE
All-time guys’s worldwide main goalscorer Ronaldo led the voting going into the very last 24 hours, with the polls closing at 1400 UK time on Tuesday, however Messi claimed a 50.1 consistent with cent percentage of the vote against him.
Messi's slender victory in his head to head with 1/3-positioned Robert Lewandowski (53.3% to forty six.7%) additionally proved essential to his average victory.
Elsewhere, Liverpool’s Egyptian sensation Mohamed Salah completed fourth, with Paris Saint-Germain celebrity Kylian Mbappe rounding off the top 5.
You can locate the very last standings in the men's vote here.
