FIFA Greatest: Vinicius Jr named males’s participant of 2024 and Aitana Bonmati wins ladies’s prize – Alejandro Garnacho wins Puskas prize | Soccer information

Brazilian and Actual Madrid striker Vinicius Jr was named FIFA Males’s Participant of the Yr on Tuesday in Doha, whereas Spain and Barcelona midfielder Aitana Bonmati gained the ladies’s award for the second yr in a row.

Vinicius scored 24 objectives in 39 matches in all competitions to assist Actual Madrid safe the La Liga and Champions League double, and he additionally scored of their Champions League remaining victory over Borussia Dortmund.

The Brazilian gained the award forward of Spanish and Manchester Metropolis midfielder Rodri and his Actual teammate, Englishman Jude Bellingham.

The 24-year-old, who narrowly missed out on the Ballon d’Or to Rodri in October, was in Doha to gather the award, with Actual in Qatar for Wednesday’s FIFA Intercontinental Cup remaining towards Mexico’s Pachuca .

“It appeared unimaginable once I was enjoying barefoot within the streets of Sao Goncalo and now I’m right here,” Vinicius mentioned.

Bonmati retained the FIFA Girls’s Participant of the Yr title forward of Zambia’s Barbra Banda and Norway’s Caroline Graham Hansen, having additionally gained the ladies’s Ballon d’Or for the second consecutive yr in October.

The 26-year-old helped her membership obtain a home treble final season in a marketing campaign during which Barca additionally retained the Champions League, and Bonmati scored within the semi-final and remaining as Spain gained the Nations League in February.

“I’m very grateful for this award, however I all the time say that it’s a crew effort, with a Barça that has gained all the pieces and with the nationwide crew,” Bonmati mentioned.

Actual Madrid Carlo Ancelotti gained the Greatest Males’s Coach award, after main his membership to the league and Champions League double final season.

“I wish to share this with the membership, with my president and with my gamers, these of one of the best membership on the earth,” Ancelotti mentioned.

Emma Hayes gained the Greatest Girls’s Coach award, after main the USA to gold at this yr’s Olympics and taking Chelsea to the WSL title final season, her fifth consecutive league victory with the membership.

Alexandre Garnacho gained the Puskas Award, for greatest aim of the yr, for the Argentine winger’s spectacular overhead kick for Manchester United towards Everton within the Premier League in November final yr.

Brazil Marta gained the inaugural Marta Award, for one of the best aim in ladies’s soccer, successful the award named in her honor for her aim towards Jamaica in June that yr.

The award for greatest feminine goalkeeper went to the American Alyssa Naher of the Chicago Pink Stars whereas Emiliano Martinez of Argentina and Aston Villa gained the lads’s prize.