The flea was crowned the best player of 2019, becoming a footballer who picked up the most prestigious award than any other player in history - six times • preceded Van Dyke and Ronaldo

• Messi, tonight in Paris

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FIFA and France football's gold ball ceremony was held this evening (Monday) in Paris, the capital of France and who was not surprisingly crowned the player of the year for the sixth time in his career is Lionel Messi.

The flea team won with Barcelona last year at the Spanish Championship and was ousted from the Champions League semi-final by Liverpool, picking up the majority of the voters. Liverpool - The recipient of the award for Messi is last year's winner, Real Madrid player Luca Modrich.

Allison, tonight in Paris // Photo: IP

In addition to being named Player of the Year, this evening the awards were also awarded in other categories: Allison, who won the Champions League with the MercySiders and the Boxing America with the Brazil team, was crowned with this year's goalkeeper of the year by Lev Yashin.

De Licht, tonight in Paris // Photo: IP

The young player of the year was selected from Thias De Licht who came to the Champions League semi-final last year with Ajax and was the youngest captain to reach the standings. American Megan Rapino was named the player of the year in the world after leading her team to the women's World Cup.