Julián Álvarez ranked in seventh place for the FIFA Best award.

Álvarez won the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and the Club World Cup with Manchester City and finished with 21 points in the rankings for the FIFA Best. Lionel Messi was named as the Best player in the world for a record eighth time and Álvarez is the other Argentine player in the top 10 players.

The 23 year old finished on 21 points, ahead of Bernardo Silva with 18, İlkay Gündoğan with 13, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia with seven, Marcelo Brozović with seven and Declan Rice with one.

Lionel Messi won his 8th FIFA The Best Player of the Year award on Monday.

Despite not being the odds on favorite against Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland before the event, the Argentine legend won the Best Player of 2023 award. Messi tied with the Norwegian in 48 votes, but the World Cup winner surpassed him in the captains’ votes (107 to 64). Therefore, he won the award.

Leo was not present at the ceremony in London, same as his competitors, because he was in the middle of Inter Miami’s preseason.

Last year, Messi helped Paris Saint-Germain obtain the Ligue 1 title and was crucial in leading Inter Miami to win the Leagues Cup.