In the early morning of January 18, Beijing time, the FIFA Awards Ceremony was held as scheduled. FIFA officially announced that Levan has been awarded the 2021 World Footballer of the Year Award. Following this award in 2020, Levan beat Messi and Salah to complete the feat.
Levan said: "I feel very honored, proud and happy. I want to thank my teammates for working together to win the trophy. This award also belongs to everyone around me. ”
The Poland international broke two of Bayern legendAry Gad Müller's two age-old records: in 2020/21, Levan scored 41 Bundesliga goals, surpassing Gad Müller's 1971/72 record of 40 goals; in the 2021 calendar year, Levan scored 43 Bundesliga goals, surpassing Gad Müller's 1972 record of 42 goals.
In addition, Levan scored a total of 58 goals for Bayern in 2021, making him the top scorer in Europe's top five leagues. Levan's footsteps did not stop. Last weekend, he scored more than 300 goals in the Bundesliga, second only to Gad Müller's 365 goals.
In the 2020-21 season, Levan won the Bundesliga title, the Club World Cup, the European Super Cup and the German Super Cup with Bayern. In this World Footballer of the Year vote, Levan ranked first in the voting of coaches, captains and media.
Source: CCTV Sports, Bayern official micro
Editors: Xia Yang, Yang Ye
Review: Lu Jiaqi
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