Vinícius Júnior and Aitana Bonmatí win finest participant prizes at Fifa 2024 awards

Vinícius Júnior and Aitana Bonmatí had been named the highest footballers of the yr at Fifa’s Finest Awards in Doha, with Emma Hayes following up her Ballon d’Or win with the ladies’s coach of the yr accolade.

Hayes guided Chelsea to a fifth successive Girls’s Tremendous League title final season earlier than leaving to take over the US nationwide crew, and main them to Olympic gold in Paris. Actual Madrid’s Carlo Ancelotti gained the lads’s award after delivering La Liga and the Champions League final season. It was a happier evening for Vinícius who, alongside together with his Actual Madrid teammates, boycotted the Ballon d’Or awards after lacking out to Manchester Metropolis’s Rodri – however the winger picked up his prize at Fifa’s ceremony earlier than Actual face Pachuca within the Intercontinental Cup closing in Qatar on Wednesday.

“It appeared not possible after I performed barefoot within the streets of São Gonçalo and now I’m right here,” Vinícius mentioned after beating Rodri and clubmate Jude Bellingham to the award. His supervisor, Ancelotti, mentioned: “I need to share this with the membership, with my president and with my gamers, these of one of the best membership on the planet.”

For Bonmatí, it was one other wonderful night, profitable the Fifa title for the second yr in succession. The Barcelona midfielder was a key a part of the Spain crew that gained the 2023 World Cup, and claimed the Golden Ball award for one of the best participant within the match.

“I’m grateful and proud to win this award,” mentioned Bonmati, who additionally gained the Ballon d’Or in 2023 and 2024, and was named the Guardian’s finest feminine footballer on the planet for the second yr operating.

“I all the time say that this can be a crew effort, with a Barça that gained every thing and the nationwide crew,” added the 26-year-old, who beat Zambia striker Barbra Banda and Barcelona teammate Caroline Graham Hansen to retain the award.

The Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho gained the Puskas Award for his sensational overhead kick in opposition to Everton in November 2023. “It’s a proud second for me and my household,” Garnacho mentioned in a video message. “It was a particular aim and I’ll all the time keep in mind it.”

Brazil ahead Marta was a becoming winner of the inaugural Marta Award, given to one of the best aim of the yr in ladies’s soccer. The 38-year-old gained the prize for her aim in opposition to Jamaica in June.

Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martínez gained one of the best males’s goalkeeper prize after serving to Argentina to win the Copa América this summer time. The very best ladies’s goalkeeper award went to Alyssa Naeher of the USA and Chicago Crimson Stars.