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Messi won eight Pichichi trophies and six European Golden Shoe awards (2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019). Ronaldo won the European Golden Shoe award on four occasions (2008, 2011, 2014 and 2015) and remains the only footballer with top-flight top scorer awards in England (2008), Spain (2011, 2014 and 2015) and Italy (2021). He was the ...
Messi–Ronaldo rivalry Footnotes ^ According to FC Barcelona , [ 3 ] FIFA , [ 4 ] Major League Soccer , [ 5 ] the Royal Spanish Football Federation , [ 6 ] and multiple media outlets, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Messi also won the 2005 Supercopa de España , bringing his Barcelona trophy total to 35—and his career total to 46. [ 10 ]
Regarding individual achievements, Messi has won eight Ballons d'Or to Ronaldo's five, [281] eight FIFA World's Best Player awards to Ronaldo's five, and six European Golden Shoes to Ronaldo's four. [282] Off the pitch, Ronaldo is his direct competitor in terms of salary, sponsorships, and social media fanbase. [283]
It was Cristiano Ronaldo versus Lionel Messi, Chapter 37, and it was eventful, perhaps even fun, but the most preposterous part was simply that it happened — in sportswashed Saudi Arabia.
Lionel Messi rolled back the years with a vintage performance for Argentina on Tuesday, scoring three goals in his nation’s 6-0 thrashing of Bolivia in a 2026 World Cup qualifier.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been denied a final meeting with Lionel Messi after the Portuguese star was ruled out of Al-Nassr’s friendly match against Inter Miami due to injury.. Ronaldo and Messi had ...
The 2009 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in the world as judged by an international panel of sports journalists, was awarded to Lionel Messi of Barcelona on 1 December 2009, the first of his record setting eight Ballon d'Or awards. [1] Messi won the award by a then record margin, 240 points ahead of 2008 winner Cristiano Ronaldo.
Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi won his record-breaking sixth award and broke the tie with Cristiano Ronaldo for most Ballon d'Or awards. Virgil van Dijk came in a very close second after a stellar year with Liverpool and Netherlands national team while Cristiano Ronaldo came in third with Juventus. [2] [3] [4]