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Largest gap between first and last Ballon d'Or awards: 14 years (2009–2023) First player to win the FIFA World Player of the Year/FIFA Ballon d'Or/Best FIFA Men's Player Award in three different decades: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s; First player to win the Ballon d'Or in three different decades: 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
For his efforts in 2011, he again received the FIFA Ballon d'Or, becoming only the fourth player in history to win the Ballon d'Or three times, after Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini, and Marco van Basten. [99] Additionally, he won the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, a revival of the old-style Ballon d'Or. [100]
The Ballon d'Or (French ... Footballer of the Year award. In 1995, the Ballon d'Or was expanded to ... Messi is the only player to win the award with three ...
The Ballon d'Or is the most prestigious award in football, having been lifted by the greatest players ever since 1956 Every Ballon d'Or winner: A complete list of every men's player to have won ...
Messi beat out Manchester City striker Erling Haaland for the award to win the record. The 36-year-old is the first MLS-based player to win the prize. Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or for a record ...
A year after missing out on the shortlist for the 2022 Ballon d’Or, and despite leaving top-level European soccer behind, Messi has recovered his crown. He won the sport’s biggest individual ...
Messi capped off the year by winning the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup final over River Plate in Yokohama, collecting his fifth club trophy of the calendar year. [124] On 11 January 2016, Messi won the FIFA Ballon d'Or for a record fifth time in his career. [125] He would end the season by winning La Liga as well as the Copa del Rey again. [126]
Messi lived up to the hype from Day 1, scoring a game-winning goal on a free kick in the final minute of his first game back in June, and finished his first calendar year with Miami with 11 goals ...