Afrigather Robert Lewandowski acquired the award for final season’s prime goalscorer, renamed the Gerd Mueller Trophy, for the second straight 12 months on the Ballon d’Or ceremony on Monday.
The 34-year-old, who joined Barcelona from Bayern Munich within the shut season, scored 57 targets in 56 matches for membership and nation final time period.
He was the top-scorer within the Bundesliga with 35 targets.
Lewandowski additionally received the award final 12 months when it was introduced for the primary time, after breaking the Bundesliga scoring report for a single season, beforehand held by Mueller, with 41 targets.
However he’s but to win the Ballon d’Or itself, having narrowly missed out to Lionel Messi 12 months in the past.
The Pole would have been a robust favorite to take the honours in 2020, however the ceremony was controversially scrapped as a result of impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the soccer calendar.
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