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Most UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season awards: 3 (2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19) First player to win the UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season award for two consecutive seasons: in 2014–15 and 2015–16 [197] First player to score in 15 and 16 consecutive seasons of the UEFA Champions League [352]
In 2024, US-based sports company ESPN named Messi the greatest player of the 21st-century. [12] Messi's club career began with Barcelona, where he rose through the youth ranks, making his first-team debut in 2004. Over the next years, Messi became the club's all-time leading scorer, amassing numerous domestic and international accolades.
The award, created in 2011 by UEFA in partnership with European Sports Media (ESM) group, was initially aimed at reviving the European Footballer of the Year Award (Ballon d'Or), [2] [3] which was merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year Award in 2010 to become the FIFA Ballon d'Or. [4] It also replaced the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year ...
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]
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 ...
Messi secured the FIFA award for the eighth time in 15 years. He had won it last year, too , after leading Argentina to the 2022 World Cup title. Fans voted overwhelmingly for Messi, and ...
[142] [143] The 2020–21 season saw Messi surpass Xavi's record to reach a club record of 768 appearances. [144] He would lead the club to victory in the 2021 Copa del Rey final. [145] [146] His last two seasons with Barcelona saw him lead La Liga in goal scoring, giving him a record-breaking total of eight Pichichi trophies. [147] [148]
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 ...