The FIFA announced the winners of their annual awards during ‘The Best’ of 2021 ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland on Monday.

Captains and coaches of the national teams, media representatives and fans from all over the world voted to select the awardees for the top prize of world football.

Smalley was given permission to vote as Bangladesh coach by the FIFA as they were without any head coach in December last year when the voting procedure was conducted, said a BFF official on Tuesday.

Bangladesh media representative, Raihan Mahmood voted Lewandowski as his top pick while he picked Jorginho and Lionel Messi for his next votes.

Lewandowski finally won the top award by receiving the highest 48 scoring points and he was followed by Messi and Salah, who bagged 44 and 39 scoring points respectively.

In the women’s section, Bangladesh captain Sabina Khatun voted Sam Kerr, Jenni Hermoso and Ellen White as her three picks while head coach Golam Robbani Choton picked Ellen White, Christine Sinclair and Sam Kerr.

Bangladesh media representative Mujibur Rahman voted for Jenni Hermoso, Caroline Graham Hansen and Christine Sinclair.