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Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski on Monday scooped the Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player award ahead of fellow contenders Lionel Messi and Mohamed Salah.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old Polish striker has been in sensational goalscoring form and capped off 2021 by scoring a whopping 69 times in total for club and country.<\/p>\n

Lewandowski\u2019s incredible predatory finishing saw him score an incredible 41 times in 29 Bundesliga appearances in the 2020-21 season, which shattered the record formerly held by Gerd Muller.<\/p>\n

And the Poland captain has been crowned the Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player at the FIFA ceremony held in Zurich, Switzerland, on Monday.<\/p>\n

Lewandowski won the aforementioned award in 2020 after receiving 52 points, putting him well clear of Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s 38 points and Messi\u2019s 35 points.<\/p>\n

The former Borussia Dortmund striker missed out on France Football\u2019s coveted Ballon d\u2019Or award in 2021 to Messi.<\/p>\n

Messi secured his record-extending seventh Ballon d\u2019Or award after receiving 613 points, with Lewandowski finishing second on 580 points.<\/p>\n

Lewandowski was widely tipped to win the 2020 edition of the Ballon d\u2019Or before France Football cancelled the award due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

Messi, 34, paid tribute to Lewandowski in his classy acceptance speech at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, with the Barcelona legend insisting that his fellow nominee \u2018deserved\u2019 the Ballon d’Or.<\/p>\n

Lewandowski claimed that he was \u201creally touched\u201d by the Paris Saint-Germain superstar\u2019s heartwarming words at the Ballon d’Or ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cMessi\u2019s words towards me [about the Ballon d\u2019Or] really touched me,\u201d he told Bild.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey weren\u2019t empty words, it was a nice moment in my career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI only spoke a few words with Leo [face to face], because my Spanish is not that good. I spoke with Kylian [Mbappe] in English, he then translated for Leo. It was a great night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewandowski has maintained his scintillating goalscoring form for the current campaign and scored 34 times in 27 appearances across all competitions<\/p>\n

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