MOSCOW, Jan 18 Bayern and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, who won the FIFA Footballer of the Year award, thanked his teammates for their contribution to his success. The winner was announced at an online awards ceremony on January 17 in Zurich, Switzerland. Lewandowski won the award for the second year in a row. In the 2020/21 season, Lewandowski became the champion of Germany and the owner of the Golden Boot as the top scorer of the European championships. Also in 2021, the Pole broke Gerd Müller's record for the most goals scored in a single calendar year in the German league (42). «This is a great honor for me, I am very proud and happy. I want to thank my teammates. We are all working hard to win trophies It's a title for everyone around me Everything that happened last year, the Bundesliga record I didn't dare to dream that it would happen If someone had told me a few years ago I wouldn't have believed «Unfortunately, Gerd is no longer with us. But without him, I would not have coped with all this. It is always important what I can do next to reach the next record,» said Lewandowski, who was quoted by the official Bayern website. Lewandowski in the fight for the award ahead of the Argentine forward of the French «Paris Saint-Germain» Lionel Messi and the Egyptian striker of the English «Liverpool» Mohamed Salah.
