Football / Who won what at The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020?

Paris: The awards ceremony concludes with messages from coaches across the world.

Takeaways from the night:

 - A good night for Bayern Munich, with honours for Manuel Neuer and Robert Lewandowski and a good number making it to the FIFA FIFPro Men's World XI

- Jurgen Klopp won his second consecutive Best Men's coach of the Year award. Hansi Flick, who led Bayern to a treble missed out, sparking a debate on social media.

- - The Women's World XI has sparked discussions of legacy vs form, with social media discussing the inclusion of Megan Rapinoe and the absence of Best Goalkeeper of the Year Sarah Bouhaddi in the XI.

- The ceremony paid tribute to Diego Maradona, Paulo Rossi  - two legends of the game the world lost in 2020.

- COVID-19 relief efforts and crucial charity work, including community efforts by players like Manchester United's Marcus Rashford were honoured and supported.

Here's the full list of winners:

Categories and Winners:

Men’s Player: Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich)

Women’s Player: Lucy Bronze (England/Lyon)

Women’s Coach: Sarina Wiegman (The Netherlands)

Men’s Coach: Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)

Women’s Goalkeeper: Sarah Bouhaddi (France/Lyon)

Men’s Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer (Germany/Bayern Munich)

FIFPRO Women’s World11:

Christiane Endler (Chile) (GK); Lucy Bronze (England), Wendie Renard (France), Millie Bright (England), Delphine Cascarino (France); Barbara Bonansea(Italy), Veronica Boquete(Italy), Megan Rapinoe (USA); Pernille Harder(Denmark), Vivianne Miedema(Netherlands), Tobin Heath(USA).

FIFPRO Men’s World11:

Alisson Becker (Brazil) (GK); Trent-Alexander Arnold (England), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands), Alphoso Davies (Canada); Kevin de Bruyne (Belgium), Thiago Alcantara (Spain), Joshua Kimmich (Germany); Lionel Messi (Argentina), Robert Lewandowski (Poland), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

FIFA Puskás Award:  Son Heung-Min (Tottenham vs Burnley)

FIFA Fair Play Award: Italy's Mattia Agnese, 17, who helped an opponent who lost consciousness during a game.

FIFA Fan Award:  Marivaldo Francisco da Silva, a super fan of Brazilian club Sport Club do Recife, who has never missed a home game and takes a 60-kilometre walk to reach the club's stadium for every game.

- Robert Lewandowski beats Messi and Ronaldo the biggest individual honour. Lewandowski becomes the first player since Luka Modric in 2018 to beat Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to win the The Best FIFA Men's Player. FIFA president Gianni Infantino himself takes the The Best FIFA Men’s Player trophy to present it the Bayern Munich marksman.

- Next is the biggest prize in men's football. The Best FIFA Men’s Player:

Nominees: Lionel Messi (Argentina/Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Juventus), Robert Lewandowski (Poland/Bayern Munich)

- England and Manchester City defender Lucy Bronze wins The Best FIFA Women’s Player!

Lucy Bronze becomes the first-ever defender to collect the biggest honour in football. The England star is also the first full-back of either gender to be crowned The Best. She won the Champions League with Lyon along with the French league and cup double.

- We are heading to the two big honours. First up is the The Best FIFA Women’s Player:

Nominees: Lucy Bronze (England/Man City), Pernille Harder (Denmark/Wolfsburg), Wendie Renard (France/Lyon)

- Antonia Cabrini, former Juventus and World Cup winner with Italy in 1982, remembers his former club and national teammate.

- FIFA pays tribute to Italy's legendary forward Paolo Rossi, who passed away on December 9 at the age of 64.

- Gulit and former Napoli manager Ciro Ferrara share anecdotes of playing with and against Maradona during his time in Italy.

- A musical montage paying tribute to Argentina and Napoli legend Diego Maradona is played. The footballing great passed away on November 25 at the age of 60.

- Next is the announcement of FIFA FIFPRO Men’s World11:

Alisson Becker (Brazil) (GK); Trent-Alexander Arnold (England), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Virgil van Dijk (Netherlands), Alphoso Davies (Canada); Kevin de Bruyne (Belgium), Thiago Alcantara (Spain), Joshua Kimmich (Germany); Lionel Messi (Argentina), Robert Lewandowski (Poland), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

- Next is the FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World11:

Christiane Endler (Chile) (GK); Lucy Bronze (England), Wendie Renard (France), Millie Bright (England), Delphine Cascarino (France); Barbara Bonansea(Italy), Veronica Boquete(Italy), Megan Rapinoe (USA); Pernille Harder(Denmark), Vivianne Miedema(Netherlands), Tobin Heath(USA).

- The next one is FIFA Best Fan Award which goes to Marivaldo Francisco da Silva. The Brazilian has never missed a home game of his club Sport Club do Recife and often walked a 60-kilometres walk to reach Sport's stadium for every match most certainly is. That remarkable passion and commitment earned Marivaldo a nomination for the The Best FIFA Fan Award.

- Klopp remembers the contributions of late Gerard Houllier in Liverpool's success over the years. The former French coach passed away last week due to a heart issue.

- The winner of the The Best FIFA Men’s Coach is Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, who wins the award for the second year in a row.

The German led Liverpool to its first Premier League trophy and first top-flight title in 30 years, with a club-record 99 points.

- The next category is The Best FIFA Men’s Coach:

Nominees: Marcelo Bielsa (Leeds United), Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool), Hans-Dieter Flick (Bayern Munich)

- The winner of The Best FIFA Women’s Coach: Sarina Wiegman (The Netherlands)

Sarina Wiegman becomes the first person to win the The Best FIFA Women's Coach Award for a second time. The Netherlands coach, who first picked up the honour in 2017, came second to Jill Ellis last year after guiding her team to the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final. This year, she guided The Netherlands to ten victories from as many matches in a triumphant UEFA Women’s EURO qualifying campaign.