Summary

  • Use play icon at top of the page to watch live coverage

  • Messi beats Mbappe and Haaland to men's award

  • Bonmat wins women's prize

  • Guardiola and Wiegman win coaches of year

  • Earps wins women's goalkeeper for second year running, while Ederson wins men's prize

  • Get Involved: #bbcfootball, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply)

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:42 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

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    Mike, Yorkshire: All I can say is, these awards are getting very Messi...

    Ba. Dum. Tish.

  2. What about the voting in the women's award?published at 21:38 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    Aitana Bonmati won by miles.

    She got 52 points, with Linda Caicedo second on 40 with Jenni Hermoso third on 36.

  3. How close did Haaland come to beating Messi?published at 21:34 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    Looking at the breakdown of the Best Men's Player award, Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland both finished on the same number of points from the vote.

    The award was voted for by national team coaches and captains, plus journalists and fans. Both Messi and Haaland got 48 points, Kylian Mbappe got 35.

    The tie-breaker was the number of votes received by national team captains - of which Messi had more.

  4. Watch: Guardiola wins Best Men's Coachpublished at 21:31 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    Back at the start of the night, Pep Guardiola was named Fifa Best Men's Coach for the very first time.

    You can watch his acceptance speech here.

  5. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:28 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

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    Sulaimon Adelekan: Mary Earps is the best women's goalkeeper I have seen in years. She has everything from quality to character and considering she almost quit football few years, tonight's award is very inspiring.

  6. Watch: This year's Puskas Award winnerpublished at 21:25 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    Want to see what Fifa judged the best goal in men's football of 2023?

    Scored by Guilherme Madruga of Brazilian club Botafogo, it is an absolute cracker.

  7. 'I feel like an idiot!'published at 21:22 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    Best Women's Goalkeeper winner Mary Earps in the post-ceremony interviews: "I just realised I didn't thank any family and friends and I feel like an idiot!"

    Whether it is more nerve wracking to give a speech at an awards ceremony or face a penalty in a World Cup final: "For a penalty, I'm more geared up. This is totally out of my comfort zone."

    On winning her second successive award: "It just feels even more special, to have a level of consistency is the most difficult thing you can do in football. It is really hard to maintain levels when people have really high expectations of you."

    On being open about her mental health: "It's not something I want to harp on about, but it's important that we are honest. Our lives our not just these shiny rainbows, I would not be here without my family - who I forgot to thank..."

  8. 'Overwhelmed'published at 21:18 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    Best Women's Coach winner Sarina Wiegman: "I feel a little bit overwhelmed. I am so honoured to be awarded again, I feel very privileged. I will never take this for granted.

    "I didn't expect to win. We have had a very good run with England but so have a lot of teams.

    "Going to the top is easier than staying there, after winning the Euros everyone really wants to beat us. We want to improve every day and keep winning games."

  9. get involved

    Get Involved - Messi wins Best Men's Playerpublished at 21:14 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

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    Hannah: HOW. I’d take Haaland over Messi right now any day.

    GK: Not a City fan by any means but Haaland has been robbed there. How can you give an award to someone scoring goals in the MLS over someone scoring goals against the the best players in the world to win the treble?!

    Andy: The awards had gone so well and have now lost all credibility. The continued obsession with Messi has now become embarrassing. Haaland’s season will probably never be beaten.

    On the other hand...

    Ryan: Like he does on the pitch, Messi has come out of nowhere. The best sportsman of all time.

    Karl, South Africa: Lionel Messi is Thanos. He is inevitable.

  10. Postpublished at 21:11 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    And that, folks, is the end of tonight's ceremony.

    We will stick around for a while to get the reaction to those awards. Fair to say you've had some opinions about the winner of the men's player award in particular...

  11. Postpublished at 21:10 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    Bonmati gives the bulk of her acceptance speech in Spanish, but finishes with a sentence in English.

    "I am proud of being part of a powerful generation of women, part of changing the rules of the game, and the world."

  12. Aitana Bonmati wins Best Women's Playerpublished at 21:07 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January
    Breaking

    No big surprise here. Bonmati adds the Fifa Best award to her Ballon d'Or trophy.

    The playmaker key to Barcelona winning the Champions League and Spain lifting the World Cup, she was the beating heart of the two best women's football teams of 2023.

    Bonmati wins awardImage source, Getty Images
  13. Postpublished at 21:05 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    Right, our final award is Best Women's Player.

    The online vote on our website earlier showed you think Aitana Bonmati has this in the bag. We shall soon find out if you were right...

  14. Postpublished at 21:05 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    Thierry Henry announces that from next year, Fifa will introduce the Marta Award for the best goal scored in women's football that year.

    Marta is more concerned that the presenters said she scored 115 goals in her international career. "It was closer to 120," she says.

    She is legendary.

  15. Postpublished at 21:03 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    Spanish football writer Guillem Balague on Twitter:

    Messi #theBest, external. Imagine you have to vote. While he is playing, you would not give him your vote? Still the #GOAT, external even from Miami.

    Times chief sports writer Martin Ziegler: Lionel Messi named the FIFA men's player of the year for 2023. Very strange decision - should have been Erling Haaland.

  16. Postpublished at 21:01 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    "I'm sorry but I'm going to speak in Portuguese, because I want you to understand how much this means to me," says a very visibly emotional Marta.

    It's fair to say none of the brilliant women's football we have seen in recent years would have happened without the help of Marta. You can see all the players and coaches in the audience hanging on her every word via the translation headsets.

  17. Postpublished at 20:58 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    Before the final award, Brazilian icon Marta is getting a special presentation.

    She won Fifa player of the year six times, and holds the record for most goals scored in any World Cup, women’s or men's.

  18. get involved

    Get Involved - who should win tonight?published at 20:56 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

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    Dave, Blackpool: What utter nonsense. They'll still be giving these awards to Messi when he's been retired for 20 years at this rate.

  19. Postpublished at 20:54 Greenwich Mean Time 15 January

    Messi is not here to recieve his trophy, so Thierry Henry collects it. "I turned up," he jokes.

    He then offers it to his co-host, Spurs fan Reshmin Chowdhury, as "you don't win many trophies." Ouch.