After winning FIFA Best, Vinicius chastises critics, saying, "They tried and continue to cancel me."

 

When Vinicius Junior won the men's player of the year award at the FIFA Best Awards in Doha, he blasted his detractors for still trying "to cancel me, to belittle me."

After a fantastic 2023–24 season in which he scored a career-high 24 goals and assisted Los Blancos in winning La Liga and the Champions League, the Real Madrid and Brazil forward received the honor.

This comes seven weeks after he and Madrid boycotted the Ballon d'Or ceremony after missing out on Spain's Rodri and Manchester City's Rodri.

Vinicius was happy to disprove his skeptics. He joined from Flamengo in 2018 and has experienced a lot of racial taunts in Spain over the last two seasons. 

He posted, "I came, I saw, I won," on Instagram. "I wrote this today for the youngster who witnessed so many celebrities hoist that trophy.It's your turn now.

"It's my time. The moment to declare that I am, in fact, the world's top player and that I have worked hard to achieve this status."

 "They attempted to denigrate me and cancel me, and they still do. However, they are unable to," he continued. "No one is going to tell me how to act or for whom I can fight. I was unable to use the system when I was in [hometown] Sao Goncalo. It nearly engulfed me. 

"I won for myself and my loved ones. Many people helped me along the road, including Flamengo, Real Madrid, the Brazilian national team, and hundreds of my teammates from those years.The individuals who follow my daily schedule and who respect me...the top athlete in in the World.