FIFA World Cup 2022 Awards winners: Lionel Messi named best player as Kylian Mbappe wins Golden Boot award.

Argentina's Lionel Messi was named best player and France's Kylian Mbappe won the Golden Boot award following a sensational World Cup 2022 final.

After scoring Thrilling Hat-Trick in the Sunday WC final against Argentina becomes the highest top goal scorer tally to eight, France's Kylian Mbappé is named the 2022 FIFA World Cup Golden Boot winner.

With seven goals overall in seven matches, Lionel-Messi would have won the tiebreaker over Mbappé on assists. After regulation time expired with a tie score of 3-3, Argentina won the thrilling world cup final game (4-2) on penalties.

Messi, 35, guided Argentina to their third World Cup victory, scoring twice in the decisive shootout victory over France.

Messi became the first player to score in each match of the FIFA World Cup after scoring seven goals in seven games.

It was the first treble in a World Cup final since Sir Geoff Hurst's in 1966, when England beat West Germany.

More than any other player, he has scored 13 goals in the tournament and assisted on a total of 21 goals in World Cup history.

In addition, Messi was awarded the Silver Boot for his second-place finish in the scoring charts.

2022 FIFA Golden Glove Award Winner - Emiliano Martinez (Argentina)

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez of Aston Villa won the Golden Glove award and kept three clean sheets while assisting Argentina in winning the World Cup.

He participated in every minute of the competition and turned aside Kingsley Coman's penalty kick in the decisive shootout.

Yassine Bounou of Morocco and Jordan Pickford of England both recorded three shutouts during the Qatar tournament.

2022 FIFA Young player of the tournament award winner - Enzo Fernandez (Argentina)

Enzo Fernandez, a 21-year-old midfielder for Benfica and Argentina, was named Young Player of the Tournament in Qatar after a string of standout displays.

His lone World Cup goal came in the 2-0 victory over Mexico during the group stage, which preceded the final victory over France, which he started.

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