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Messi won four consecutive Ballon d'Or awards (2009 to 2012), with a fifth coming in 2015, while Ronaldo had equalled Messi's total of five with wins in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017. In 2019, Messi took the lead again by earning a record sixth Ballon d'Or, finishing just seven points ahead of second-placed Virgil van Dijk , with Ronaldo ...
Cristiano Ronaldo won the award, being his first of five. His win also began a 10-year dominance of the award between him and Lionel Messi — which eventually led to an intense rivalry between the two. Both players had won five Ballon d'Or awards before the dominance was ended in 2018 by Luka Modrić.
The first competitive matchup between the two occurred in 2008, when Ronaldo's Manchester United were drawn to play Messi's Barcelona in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, where Ronaldo and Manchester United would eventually advance 1–0 on aggregate, and go on to win the final. [284]
Cristiano Ronaldo Ronaldo playing for Al Nassr in 2023 Personal information Full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro Date of birth (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985 (age 39) Place of birth Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Position(s) Forward Team information Current team Al Nassr Number 7 Youth career 1992–1995 Andorinha 1995–1997 Nacional 1997–2002 Sporting CP Senior ...
Lionel Messi (front, no. 10) has been used in the false 9 position to much success throughout parts of his career. A false 9 , similar to a more advanced attacking midfielder/playmaker role, is an unconventional lone striker or centre-forward, who drops deep into midfield.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the UEFA Champions league all-time top goalscorer with 140 goals while Messi is second with 129 to his name. [177] The pair had broken each other's record over the course of 2015, after Messi surpassed the previous recordholder, Raúl , in November 2014. [ 178 ]
The 2017 Ballon d'Or was the 62nd annual award recognising the best male footballer in the world for 2017.. Cristiano Ronaldo won the award for the fifth time on 7 December 2017, equalling the highest tally of Ballons d'Or in history at the time, sharing the record with Lionel Messi.
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈnawdu ˈlwiz nɐˈzaɾju dʒi ˈlimɐ]; born 18 September 1976), [2] mononymously known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the owner and president of La Liga club Real Valladolid.