British news media The Guardian announced the name of the best 100 footballers of 2022. In addition to 14 current and former footballers, coaches, journalists and a total of 206 judges evaluated the footballers. Messi has been selected as the best of the best. And Neymar is number 12 in the list.
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There are 14 Brazilians in the top 100. France and Argentina are next with 12 and 11 players respectively.
Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been recognized as the best player of the year in the eyes of the Guardian judges. After 36 years of waiting, Argentina won the World Cup in his hands. 156 of the 206 judges (76%) put Messi at number one.
Kylian Mbappe was the player of the year in the eyes of 13 percent of the judges. 10 percent voted for Karim Benzema. These three are in the top three. And last year's best Robert Lewandowski has dropped to seven. Manchester City's Norwegian striker Arling Holland has moved up three steps to four. Neymar is at number 12.
The biggest surprise in the top five is Luka Modric. The Real Madrid star, who led Croatia to the World Cup semi-finals, was 40th last year. This time he has advanced 35 steps at a time. Brazilian star Vinicius Jr. rose from 31st to 8th.
One of the best footballers, Cristiano Ronaldo, was eight last year. Ronaldo, who joined Saudi Arabia's Al Nasser, dropped 43 steps to number 51.
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