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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; Guinness World Record for top goalscorer for club and country in a calendar year (official goals): 91 goals in ...
On 13 September, Messi scored his first hat-trick of the season in the opening game of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League campaign against Celtic in a 7–0 home victory; this was also Messi's sixth hat-trick in the Champions League, the most by any player. A week later, Messi sustained a groin injury in a 1–1 home draw against Atlético ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 December 2024. English-language football magazine World Soccer Cover of the October 2024 issue Editor Stephen Fishlock Categories Football Frequency Monthly Circulation 331,000 (Jan–Dec 2013) Founded 1960 Company Kelsey Media Based in Farnborough, Hampshire, UK Language English Website worldsoccer ...
The MLS MVP — named for Landon Donovan — is yet another entry on the absurdly long list of career honors for Messi. He's an eight-time Ballon d'Or winner, eight-time FIFA player of the year winner, a seven-time Spanish league MVP, past UEFA player of the year, past Champions League player of the season, World Cup golden ball winner, Club ...
Benteke was the MLS Golden Boot winner with 23 goals for D.C. United. Messi became the fifth Argentine player to win MLS MVP, joining Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati, 2023), Diego Valeri (Portland ...
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.
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]
Messi was announced as the 2022 winner on Monday at the Best FIFA Awards ceremony in Paris. FC Barcelona's Alexia Putellas was named the best women's player for a second straight year. "It's ...