Ter Stegen is the best player and goalkeeper in the Spanish League, and Lewandowski wins the Golden Boot

Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen entered the history of the Spanish Football League as the first goalkeeper to win the Best Player Award for the 2022-2023 season, while his teammate Robert Lewandowski won the Pichichi Award (Golden Boot) for the same season.

Ter Stegen also won the “Zamora” Award as the best goalkeeper in the Spanish League for the 2022-2023 season, but the “Di Stefano” Award for Best Player remains the most important in his record.

This is the first time that a goalkeeper has won the Best Player award, ahead of his star peers in other positions, thanks to the level shown by the German international with his team.

The award is given by the Spanish newspaper Marca, and was launched in 2007. Only 5 players have won it: Argentine Lionel Messi, Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, French Karim Benzema, Spaniard Raul Gonzalez, and Uruguayan Luis Suarez.

Ter Stegen participated in 38 league matches last season, during which he conceded 18 goals, and kept a clean sheet in 26 matches last season, which also earned him the Zamora Award for best goalkeeper.

Lewandowski wins the Pichichi Award

Barcelona star Lewandowski won the Pichichi Award (Golden Boot) for last season 2022-2023 for his 23 goals in the Spanish League.

Lewandowski said in statements published by Marca newspaper, while receiving the Pichichi award as the best scorer in La Liga for last season, “I want to thank my family, my team, my coach, and my staff. It was very important to quickly adapt to the team. Everyone helped me from the beginning. We won the Spanish League, the Super Cup, and now the Pichichi.” . IM so happy”.

He added, “In Barcelona, ​​we are not only concerned with winning matches, but rather we are concerned with scoring the maximum number of goals.”

Strangely, none of Lewandowski’s goals were from a penalty kick.

This season, the Polish occupies fourth place in the scorers’ standings.

On the other hand, Real Madrid star Bellingham tops the table with 10 goals, but Lewandowski sent his warning, saying, “The season is long, and it is very difficult to score many goals in the league, but we are Barcelona and we want to win and achieve many goals.”

For his part, Pedri won the Spanish League Best Player award, voted by the fans.

Real Sociedad coach Imanol Alguacil also won the Best Technical Manager award, and Espanyol striker Joselu, who was loaned to Real Madrid this season, won the Best Spanish Striker award.