The Argentine was recognized this Monday as the Best Male Athlete of 2023 and became the first footballer to win this award twice.
Lionel Messi once again was chosen as the best in the world. In this case, it was at the Laureus awards where he was distinguished as the Best Male Athlete of 2023 and became the first footballer in history to achieve this recognition twice. In 2020, he had shared it with the British driver Lewis Hamilton.
From the organization they considered: “The iconic soccer player reached even greater heights last yearwhen Argentina inspired a historic third win at the FIFA World Cup”.
The Argentinian he won the category he shared with his PSG teammate, Kylian Mbappé, runner-up in Qatar 2022, and with Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadachampion of the Australian Open and Roland Garros last year reaching the historic number of 22 Grand Slam trophies.
In addition, another of the competitors for the award were the Dutch max verstappen, two-time Formula 1 world champion; Swedish Mondo Duplantis, pole vault world record holder; and the american Stephen Curry, NBA Finals MVP.
The captain of the albiceleste team attended the gala, held in Paris, along with his partner, Antonella Roccuzzo. Also present at the event were the president of AFA, Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, and one of Messi’s teammates, Lisandro Martínez, who recently underwent surgery and will not be able to play for the remainder of the season.
Messi receives this award as soon as he is reinstated to the training of his club, the Paris Saint-Germain, which had sidelined for a week for skipping practice on May 1when he sailed to Saudi Arabia for a publicity engagement.
Previously, during the delivery, they had recognized the Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz as the revelation of 2023.
Source: Ambito
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