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After breaking numerous records last year, Robert Lewandowski won FIFA The Best Men's Player Award 2021 during a ceremony held in Zurich, Switzerland on January 17. The Polish striker received the highest number of votes and narrowly defeated Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah in a close contest. The points for top 3 were as follows:
Robert Lewandowski - 48 points
Lionel Messi - 44 points
Mohamed Salah - 39 points
After the results were announced on Monday, the list of votes casted by all the captains/coaches of national teams is also out. The fans were eagerly waiting to see who the top players voted for during the whole process and some of the outcomes are indeed quite interesting.
Here is the list of top three (in the same order) selected by few big players:
Cristiano Ronaldo: Robert Lewandowski, N'Golo Kante, Jorginho
Lionel Messi: Neymar, Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema
Robert Lewandowski: Jorginho, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo
Georginio Chiellini: Jorginho, Robert Lewandowski, N'Golo Kante
Mohamed Salah: Jorginho, Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski
Manuel Neuer: Robert Lewandowski, Mohamed Salah, N'Golo Kante
Sunil Chhetri: Robert Lewandowski, Lionel Messi, Jorginho
Harry Kane: Robert Lewandowski, Lionel Messi, N'Golo Kante
Eden Hazard: Karim Benzema, Kevin De Bruyne, Jorginho
Hugo Lloris: Karim Benzema, Kylian Mbappe, N'Golo Kante
Thiago Silva: Neymar, Robert Lewandowski, Jorginho
Luka Modric: Karim Benzema, Jorginho, Robert Lewandowski
Virgil van Dijk: Mohamed Salah, Robert Lewandowski, N'Golo Kante
Notably, the top three players are awarded 5 points, 3 points and 1 point, respectively. While Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi continued the recent trend of not voting for each other, India's captain Sunil Chhetri chose Robert Lewandowski, Lionel Messi and Jorginho as his top three.
Among the coaches, the common practice of giving the first vote to a player of their own national team was once again followed. Some of the votes were as follows:
Roberto Martinez (Belgium): Kevin De Bruyne, Jorginho, Robert Lewandowski
Gareth Southgate (England): Jorginho, Kevin De Bruyne, Lionel Messi
Didier Deschamps (France): Karim Benzema, Kylian Mbappe, N'Golo Kante
Hansi Flick (Germany): Robert Lewandowski, Mohamed Salah, Kylian Mbappe
Roberto Mancini (Italy): Jorginho, Robert Lewandowski, Kylian Mbappe