FIFA has named several award winners for the 2018 World Cup, with top honors going to one of the runners-up (again).
Despite the loss, Croatia’s Luka Modric was awarded the Golden Ball as the tournament’s best player. Eden Hazard (Belgium) finished second, and Antoine Griezmann third.
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Modric, 32, becomes the fifth-straight winner to hail from a nation that did not lift the World Cup Trophy. Lionel Messi, Diego Forlan, Zinedine Zidane, and Oliver Kahn won the previous three, with Brazil’s Ronaldo the last to claim it via a World Cup winner in 1998
⚽️ #CRO captain @lukamodric10 is the best player of the 2018 @FIFAWorldCup in Russia!
— HNS (@HNS_CFF) July 15, 2018
👏 Congratulations to the #WorldCup Golden Ball winner! #BeProud #Croatia #WorldCupFinal #Vatreni🔥 pic.twitter.com/IR5T2xljrd
Harry Kane won the Golden Boot, as expected, with six goals, while Spain won the Fair Play Award.
The best young player is no shock: French forward Kylian Mbappe.
FIFA Young Player Award:
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) July 15, 2018
🥇Kylian MBAPPE (#FRA) #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/v4eMfItkkP
The Golden Glove went to Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois
adidas Golden Glove Award:
— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) July 15, 2018
🥇Thibaut COURTOIS (#BEL) #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/S5xB7RBBdP
