{"id":1396,"date":"2023-02-25T23:37:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T22:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soccerapostle.com\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2023-02-25T23:37:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T22:37:07","slug":"what-did-lewandowski-win-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soccerapostle.com\/what-did-lewandowski-win-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"What did lewandowski win in 2021?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has won the 2021 Ballon d’Or, becoming the first Pole and the sixth Bayern player to receive the award.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old beat out Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi to win the award, which is given to the best player in the world as voted by a panel of journalists.<\/p>\n

Lewandowski has had a stellar year, scoring a record-breaking 16 goals in the Champions League as Bayern won the title. He also scored 34 goals in the Bundesliga to help Bayern win their ninth consecutive league title.<\/p>\n

This is Lewandowski’s first Ballon d’Or, and he is the first Bayern player to win the award since Franck Ribery in 2013.<\/p>\n