At The Best gala taking place in the early morning of January 16 (Hanoi time), Lionel Messi was named in the typical team of 2023. “El Pulga” broke his own record to become a player with many appearances. Best in FIFPro’s team of the year (17 times).

The Argentine superstar’s achievement is even more impressive, as this is the 17th consecutive year he has done this. The person behind Messi is Cristiano Ronaldo with 15 consecutive wins. However, CR7 has not been honored in the last 2 years.

Typical squad of 2023. Photo: FIFPro.

During the period from December 19, 2022 to August 20, 2023, Messi scored 26 goals, assisted 12 times, won the Ligue 1 championship with PSG, then continued to lift the North – Central American Championship Cup with Inter Miami. Regarding individual awards, Messi won the King of Assists award in Ligue 1 last season and was the best player in the North-Central American Federation Cup. Although still controversial, in the right wing position, fans cannot point out any name better than Messi.

With the treble last season, Man City contributed 6 names to the team of the year, including Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, John Stones, Ruben Dias, Kyle Walker. Ederson received the best goalkeeper award of the year so will not be in the typical team. This is not surprising because it has happened every year. Replacing Ederson in the typical squad is Thibaut Courtois, Real Madrid’s “keeper”. This is the second year in a row he has received this honor.

Even Jude Bellingham’s position left a lot of controversy when fans thought Rodri deserved more.