Best Fifa Football Awards 2019: Megan Rapinoe named winner of women's prize
Rapinoe, who plays for Reign FC but has recently been linked with a move to Barcelona, was instrumental in the national team's success in France
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Your support makes all the difference.Megan Rapinoe has been named the best women's footballer of the year at a Fifa ceremony in Milan after leading USA to the World Cup in France.
Rapinoe, who plays for Reign FC but has recently been linked with a move to Barcelona, was instrumental in the national team's success and finished as the tournament's joint top scorer with six goals.
She also made a huge impact off the pitch during the summer, speaking out for LGBT rights and denouncing the US president, Donald Trump.
Fifa Best awards 2019
Men's player - Lionel Messi (Barcelona and Argentina)
Women's player - Megan Rapinoe (Reign FC and United States)
Men's coach - Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)
Women's coach - Jill Ellis (United States)
Men's goalkeeper - Alisson Becker (Liverpool and Brazil)
Women's goalkeeper - Sari Van Veenendaal (Atletico Madrid and Holland)
Puskas award - Daniel Zsori (Debrecen/Fehervar)
Fan award - Silvia Grecco (Palmeiras)
Fair play award - Marcelo Bielsa and the Leeds squad
FIFPro men's world XI - Alisson; Matthijs De Ligt, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Virgil Van Dijk; Frenkie De Jong, Eden Hazard, Luka Modric; Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi
FIFPro women's world XI - Sari Van Veenendaal; Lucy Bronze, Nilla Fischer, Kelley O'Hara, Wendie Renard; Julie Ertz, Amandine Henry, Rose Lavelle; Marta, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe
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