CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi was named the World’s Best Playmaker for the second consecutive year by International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS ). Messi topped the list with 172 points followed by Andres Iniesta (66 points) and Toni Kroos (45 points).

Detailed explanation-2: -The three finalists were announced on 1 December 2016. Cristiano Ronaldo won the award with nearly 35% of the vote.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lionel Messi, who is known as the world’s best player, won the Iffhs award 2022. Including this award now Messi has a total number of five times record of IFFHS playmaker. In the second number Spain’ Xavi won the total number of award four times.

Detailed explanation-4: -The World’s Best Playmaker Argentina’s Lionel Messi has won the award a record five times. Spain’s Xavi won the award four times, all consecutively, while Spanish compatriot Andrés Iniesta and Belgian Kevin De Bruyne both won the award two times each. Barcelona is the club with the most wins, with ten in total.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lionel Messi was again acclaimed for this Award in 2022, adding 170 points, 55 more than Modric and 130 than De Bruyne. Messi won so his third Award in 2022 after IFFHS World’s Best Player and IFFHS World’s Best International Goal Scorer Awards announced in the last days.