Soccer-Lewandowski and Putellas win FIFA Best awards

FILE PHOTO: Poland's national soccer team captain Robert Lewandowski poses for a picture after an interview with Reuters at a hotel in Warsaw, Poland November 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

(Reuters) -Bayern Munich's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski won the FIFA Best Men's Player award for 2021 with Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Alexia Putellas winning the FIFA Best Women's Player prize at Monday's ceremony.

The prolific Lewandowski won the award for the second straight year after a season in which he beat Gerd Mueller's 49-year old record of 40 goals in a single Bundesliga campaign.