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The full votes for FIFA’s Best Men’s Player award have been revealed.
The captain, the coach, and one member of the media from each country have to vote for three players in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
Lionel Messi claimed the prize ahead of Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema at the FIFA Best awards ceremony on Monday night.
Unlike the Ballon d’Or, which is voted for by journalists, the FIFA Best awards are determined by media representatives, national team coaches, national team captains, and supporters. Each group is equally weighted, ensuring that each category is evenly represented when it comes to deciding the winners.
The way each national team boss and skipper voted is also published by FIFA after the event. That means that fans can check in to see who each of them picked for first, second, and third place.
But who did Sierra Leone’s captain, Steven Caulker vote for?
The Leone Stars captain did put Messi, who won the World Cup with Argentina, in the first place.
He then puts Sadio Mane, who helped Senegal won their first-ever African Cup of Nation trophy in January last year, in second place.
Caulker’s final pick was Croatian midfield maestro, Luka Modric, who was impressive for Real Madrid in their Champions League winning campaign and also led Croatia to a third-place finish in the World Cup.
Messi of course finished top in the final standings, with Mane ending up in sixth place, and Modric finishing fourth.
