barcelonas argentinian player lionel messi was last night named fifa the best as the best player of the year 2018 to 2019 lionel messi surpassed juventuss christiano ronaldo with and liverpools virgil van dijk were among the three players nominated for the competitions player of the year it is the 6th time that the player did not miss the award after he did not miss the award in 2009 2010 2011 2012 and 2015 one of the reasons why he did not miss the award was that he helped his barcelona team to win the spanish competition la liga again in the second half of the uefa champions league on the womens side of soccer megan rapinoe from the united states of america was awarded the best player among other women on the womens side liverpool manager alisson ramses becker from brazil won the award for the first woman in the world while on the coachs side jurgen klopp who is currently coaching liverpool also won the award of the first practitioner in the same event a group of 11 fifa exemplary players were selected which are allison ramos van dijk de laet marcelo de jong modric hazard messi ronaldo and mbapp