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Since the points system was established in 1996, Messi is the only player to win the award a record six times and also the only one to win it with a record 100 points (season 2011–12). Messi was also the first player to win the award five times. [171] [172] [173]
FIFA Player of the Century was a one-off award created by FIFA to decide the greatest football player of the 20th century, announced at the annual FIFA World gala, held in Rome on 11 December 2000. [1] Diego Maradona and Pelé were joint winners of the award. [2] [3]
On 20 October, Messi scored a penalty in a 5–1 home victory against Ferencváros in the Champions League, becoming the first player in history to score in sixteen consecutive Champions League seasons. [282] On 25 November, Messi was nominated for the 2020 Best FIFA Men's Player award, and was later shortlisted as one of the final three ...
Messi won 38.4% of the aggregate vote to Cucho’s 33.7%; no other player earned more than 10%. Messi was the choice for 40.8% of his fellow players, 43.2% of select media members, and 31.3% of ...
England Women manager Sarina Wiegman took the top prize as Best coach, while Lionesses goalkeeper Mary Earps was also honoured
For his efforts in 2011, he received the FIFA Ballon d'Or, becoming only the fourth player in history to win the Ballon d'Or three times, [94] and the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. [95] During the year 2012, Messi became the second player to be top scorer in four Champions League campaigns.
After besting him on the World Cup stage, Lionel Messi beat out Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbappe for FIFA's best men's player award. Messi was announced as the 2022 winner on Monday at ...
Sándor Kocsis, the player with the most international goals in a single year, scoring 23 goals in 1954 with Hungary. Lionel Messi, the player with the most official goals in a single year, scoring 91 goals in 2012. Most goals scored in a calendar year: 91 – Lionel Messi, 2012 [17] [18] [19] [note 9]