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Congratulations to Messi for winning the Ballon d'Or for the 7th time.
Lionel Messi has won the award a record seven times (six while playing for Barcelona, and one with Paris Saint-Germain), followed by Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won five (one with Manchester United and four with Real Madrid). Three players have won the award three times each: Johan Cruyff of Ajax and Barcelona, Michel Platini of Juventus, and Marco van Basten of Milan. With seven awards each, Dutch, German, Argentine and Portuguese players have won the most Ballons d'Or. Players from Germany (1972, 1981) and the Netherlands (1988) were the only to take all three top spots in one year, with German (1972) and especially Italian clubs (1988β1990) achieving the same feat, including two years solely made up of AC Milan players (1988, 1989), a unique record until Spanish clubs experienced an unforeseen dominance (2009β2012, 2015, 2016) and Barcelona (2010) became the second club with three top players. Two Spanish clubs, Barcelona and Real Madrid, also lead the ranking for employing the most winners, with twelve and eleven wins.
How to win Ballon d'Or?
Each voter for the Ballon d'Or (men and women) give their top five; voters for the Kopa Trophy and Yashin Trophy submit a top three. In each case, point
Who votes for Ballon d'Or?
Then, a jury of voters for the Ballon d'Or winner is compiled by picking top journalists from around the world who will make their selections for first, second, third, fourth and fifth place. The following qualifications are considered by the jury: Individual and collective performances (winners) during the year.
Why Lionel Messi Win?
Messi holds the record for most goals in La Liga (474), the Supercopa de EspaΓ±a (14), the UEFA Super Cup (3) and is the player with the most official recorded assists in football history (315). He has scored 782 goals for club and country throughout his professional career and is also the first player in history to win five and six European Golden Shoes. as well as the 2009 FIFA World Player of the Year and 2019 The Best FIFA Men's Player. he also won the Copa America this year.
World records
- Most FIFA World Player of the Year/FIFA Ballon d'Or/Best FIFA Men's Player Awards: 6 (2009β2012, 2015, 2019)
- Most Ballons d'Or: 6 (2009β2012, 2015, 2019)
- Most consecutive Ballons d'Or: 4 (2009β2012)
- Youngest two-time, three-time, four-time, five-time and six-time Ballon d'Or winner: aged 23, 24, 25, 28 and 32 years old
- Guinness World Record for top goalscorer for club and country in a calendar year (official goals): 91 goals in 2012
- Most official goals for a single club: 672, for Barcelona
- Most recorded assists for a single club: 268, for Barcelona
- Most trophies won with a single club: 35, with Barcelona
- Most goals in a calendar year (including club friendlies): 96 in 2012
- Most goals in all club competitions in a calendar year: 79 in 2012
- Most goals in a club season: 73 in 2011β12.
- Most goals scored in a domestic league: 474, in La Liga.
- Most assists provided in a domestic league: 192, in La Liga
- Most goals scored in a domestic league in a single season: 50 in 2011β12
- Most assists provided in a domestic league in a single season: 21 in 2019β20
- Most goals and assists in finals: 31 and 14, respectively
- Longest goalscoring run in a domestic league: 21 matches, 33 goals in 2012β13
- Only player to have won more than one FIFA Club World Cup Golden Ball: 2009 and 2011
- First player to have won more than one FIFA Club World Cup Final Most Valuable Player award: 2009 and 2011
- Only player to score 40+ goals in 12 consecutive seasons.
- Only player to score 30+ goals in 13 consecutive seasons.
- Only player to score in seven different official competitions in a single calendar year: 2015, in La Liga, the Copa del Rey, UEFA Champions League, Copa AmΓ©rica, UEFA Super Cup, Supercopa de EspaΓ±a and FIFA Club World Cup (completed on 20 December 2015)
- Only player to score in six different club competitions in a calendar year twice: 2011 and 2015
- Only player to score and assist in six different club competitions in a calendar year: 2011
- Only player to score 60+ goals in all competitions in 2 consecutive seasons: 2011β12 and 2012β13.
- First player to score consecutively against all teams in a professional league: 2012β13
- Most appearances in the FIFPro World11: 14 (2007β2020)
- Most (official) assists provided in football history: 315
- Most Man of the Match awards won in a single FIFA World Cup: 4, in 2014.
- Only player to score in his teens, his twenties and his thirties in the history of the World Cup.
- Largest gap between first and last Ballon d'Or awards: 10 years (2009, 2019)
- Only player to provide at least one assist in four different World Cup tournaments and most consecutive World Cup tournaments with at least one assist: 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018.
- Most Man of the Match awards won at the World Cup finals: 6 (1 in 2010, 4 in 2014, 1 in 2018)
- Most total dribbles completed at the World Cup finals: 110
- Most goal contributions at International tournaments' knockout matches: 21
- Most goal contributions at major international tournaments: 40
- Only player to win a 'Best Player/Golden Ball' award at all official tournaments participated in (FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA World Cup and Copa AmΓ©rica)
Continental records
Europe
- Most European Golden Shoe awards: 6 (2010, 2012β2013, 2017β2019)
- Most consecutive European Golden Shoe awards: 3 (2017β2019)
- Fastest player ever to reach 300 goals in Europe's top 5 leagues: in 334 matches
- Fastest player ever to reach 400 goals in Europe's top 5 leagues: in 435 matches
- Most goals scored for a single club in the UEFA Champions League: 120 for Barcelona
- Fastest player to reach 100 UEFA Champions League goals: in 123 matches
- Most goals scored in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League match: 5, against Bayer Leverkusen on 7 March 2012
- Most goals scored in a European Cup/UEFA Champions League quarter-final match: 4, against Arsenal on 6 April 2010
- Most hat-tricks scored in the UEFA Champions League: 8
- Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League group stage: 74
- Most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League round of 16: 29
- Most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie: 6, against Bayer Leverkusen in 2011β12.
- Most goals in the UEFA Super Cup: 3
- Most appearances in the UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 7 (2015β2021)
- Most appearances in the ESM Team of the Season: 13 (2006, 2008β2013, 2015β2020)
- Most UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season awards: 3 (2014β15, 2015β16, 2018β19)
- First player to win the UEFA/UEFA.com Goal of the Season award for two consecutive seasons: in 2014β15 and 2015β16
- First player to score in 15 and 16 consecutive seasons of the UEFA Champions League
- Youngest player to make 100 appearances in the UEFA Champions League: aged 28 years, 84 days
- Youngest player to score 50 goals in the UEFA Champions League: aged 24 years, 285 days
- Youngest player ever to score 400+ goals for a single European club: aged 27 years and 300 days, for Barcelona
- Most dribbles completed in a UEFA Champions League match: 16, against Manchester United on 29 April 2008
Americas
- Most international goals scored by a male CONMEBOL player: 80
- Most appearances in the Copa AmΓ©rica: 34
- Most assists in the Copa AmΓ©rica: 17 (1 in 2007, 3 in 2011, 3 in 2015, 4 in 2016, 1 in 2019, 5 in 2021)
- Most assists in a Copa AmΓ©rica tournament: 5, in 2021
- Only player to provide at least one assist in five and six different Copa AmΓ©rica tournaments: 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2021
- Most goals in CONMEBOL qualification matches for the World Cup: 27
- Most assists in CONMEBOL qualification matches for the World Cup: 10
- Most goals scored by a substitute in a Copa AmΓ©rica match: 3, against Panama on 10 June 2016
- Most Man of the Match awards won in Copa AmΓ©rica matches: 14 (2 in 2011, 4 in 2015, 3 in 2016, 1 in 2019, 4 in 2021)[/SPOILER]
- Most Copa AmΓ©rica Best Player awards: 2 (2015 and 2021)
Spanish records
- Most Best Player in La Liga awards: 6 (2009β2013, 2015)
- Most Best Forward in La Liga awards: 7 (2009β2013, 2015β2016)
- Most La Liga Player of the Month awards: 8 (January 2016, April 2017, April 2018, September 2018, March 2019, November 2019, February 2020, February 2021)
- Most Pichichi Trophies: 8 (2010, 2012β2013, 2017β2021)
- Top goalscorer in La Liga: 474 goals
- Top assist provider in La Liga: 192 assists
- Top goalscorer in the Supercopa de EspaΓ±a: 14 goals
- Most Supercopa de EspaΓ±a finals scored in: 7
- Most goals scored in a La Liga season: 50 in 2011β12
- Most assists in a La Liga season: 21 in 2019β20
- Most braces scored in La Liga: 116
- Most hat-tricks scored in La Liga: 36
- Most hat-tricks scored in a La Liga season: 8 in 2011β12
- Most teams scored against in a season: 19 in 2012β13
- Most La Liga appearances by a foreign player: 520 matches
- Only player to score consecutively against all opposition teams in La Liga: 19 matches, 30 goals in 2012β13
- Most league home goals in a season (38 matches, 19 home matches): 35 in 2011β12
- Most league away goals in a season (38 matches, 19 away matches): 24 in 2012β13
- Most league matches scored in a season (38 games): 27 in 2012β13
- Most league home matches scored in a season (38 games): 16 in 2011β12
- Most league away matches scored in a season (38 games): 15 in 2012β13
- Most different opponents scored against in La Liga history: 38
- Most consecutive away league matches scored in: 13 (20 goals from matchday 8 to matchday 33 in 2012β13)
- Only player to be top goalscorer and top assist provider in the same season: 2018β19 and 2019β20
- Most stadiums scored at: 38
- First player to score in 15, 16 and 17 consecutive seasons
- Only player to score 20+ goals in 10, 11, 12 and 13 consecutive seasons
- Only player to score 30+ goals in 7 different seasons
- Only player to score 10+ goals in 13, 14 and 15 consecutive seasons (from 2006β07 to 2020β21)
- First player to reach 300 La Liga goals
- First player to reach 350 La Liga goals
- First player to reach 400 La Liga goals
- First player to reach 450 La Liga goals
- First player to reach 150 La Liga assists
- Youngest player to score 200 goals in La Liga: aged 25 years and 7 months
- Most La Liga titles won by a non-Spanish individual: 10 (all with Barcelona)
- Most La Liga victories: 383
- Most appearances in a Copa del Rey final: 10 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
- Most Copa del Rey finals scored in: 7 (2009, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
- Most assists provided in Copa del Rey finals: 6 (1 in 2009, 2 in 2016, 1 in 2017, 2 in 2018)
- Most dribbles completed in a La Liga match: 15, against Real Betis on 4 November 2007
- Most dribbles completed in a Copa Del Rey match: 23, against Villarreal on 31 January 2008
- Most goals scored from direct free kicks in La Liga: 39
- Most goals scored in La Liga in a calendar year: 59 goals in 2012
Argentine records
- Most caps for Argentina: 158
- Argentina all-time top goalscorer: 80 goals
- Top goalscorer for Argentina in a calendar year: 12 goals in 2012
- Only Argentina player to score against every CONMEBOL nation
- Youngest player to play for Argentina in a FIFA World Cup: aged 18 years and 357 days in 2006
- Youngest player to score for Argentina in a FIFA World Cup: aged 18 years and 357 days, against Serbia and Montenegro in 2006.
- Youngest player to captain Argentina in a FIFA World Cup: aged 22 years and 363 days in 2010
- Youngest player to reach 100 caps for Argentina: aged 27 years and 361 days in 2015
- Most goals scored in a single FIFA World Cup qualification campaign: 10 in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers
- Most goals scored overall in FIFA World Cup qualification matches: 27
- Most goals scored in competitive games: 46
- Most goals scored in international friendlies: 34
- Most direct free kick goals scored in all international competitions, including friendlies: 8
- Most hat-tricks scored in all international competitions, including friendlies: 7
- Most assists provided in all international competitions, including friendlies: 47
- Most Man of the Match awards won in a single FIFA World Cup: 4, in 2014
- Most Man of the Match awards won in FIFA World Cup matches: 6 (1 in 2010, 4 in 2014, 1 in 2018)
- Most Copa AmΓ©rica tournaments played in: 6 (2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021)
Club records
Barcelona
- Top goalscorer in El ClΓ‘sico: 27 goals
- Most assists in El ClΓ‘sico: 14 assists
- Most appearances in El ClΓ‘sico: 45
- Top goalscorer in the Derbi barcelonΓ: 25 goals
- Top goalscorer in the AthleticβBarcelona clΓ‘sico: 29 goals
- Top goalscorer in official competitions: 672 goals
- Top goalscorer including friendlies: 709 go
- Top goalscorer in the UEFA Champions League: 120 goals
- Top goalscorer in European competitions: 123 goals
- Top goalscorer in international competitions: 128 goals
- Most hat-tricks scored in all competitions: 48
- First player to be top goalscorer in four, five, six, seven and eight La Liga seasons (2009β10, 2011β13, 2016β21)
- Most matches won with the team: 542
- Most La Liga matches won by a Barcelona player: 383
- Most home goals scored in a single season in all competitions: 46 in 2011β12
- Most goals scored from a free kick in official competitions: 50
- Most appearances in official competitions: 778
- Most appearances in La Liga: 520
- Most appearances in the Copa del Rey: 80
- Most trophies won as a Barcelona player: 35
- Most assists as a Barcelona player in all competitions: 268
Other records
- Most World Soccer Player of the Year awards: 5 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)
- Most World Soccer Young Player of the Year awards: 3 (2006β2008)
- Most The Guardian Best Footballer In The World wins: 5 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
- Most FourFourTwo Best Footballer of the Year awards: 8 (2009β2012, 2015, 2017β2019)
- Most Trofeo Alfredo Di StΓ©fano wins: 9 (2009β2013, 2015, 2017β2019)
- Most Trofeo Aldo Rovira wins: 6 (2009β10, 2010β11, 2012β13, 2014β15, 2016β17, 2017β18)
- Most Trofeo EFE awards: 5 (2007, 2009β2012)
- Most Onze d'Or awards: 4 (2009, 2010β11, 2011β12, 2017β18)
- Most goals scored in Joan Gamper Trophy: 9 (2 in 2011, 1 in 2013, 1 in 2014, 1 in 2015, 2 in 2016, 1 in 2017, 1 in 2018)
- Most Man of the Match awards in Joan Gamper Trophy: 4 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2018)
- Most IFFHS World's Best Playmaker awards: 4[ad] (2015β2017, 2019)
- Most IFFHS World's Best Top Division Goal Scorer awards: 4 (2012, 2013, 2017, 2018)
- Most appearances in the IFFHS Men's World Team: 4[ae] (2017β2020)
- Most appearances in the Copa AmΓ©rica Dream Team: 5 (2007, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2021)
- Most ESPN Best Forward awards: 7 (2014β2020)
- Only footballer to have won at the Laureus World Sports Awards: 2020
- Most nominations for the FIFA PuskΓ‘s Award: 7 (2010β2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019
being a winner is not easy and this is the seventh time for messi and i admit that he is a GOATππ.maybe this will be his last Ballon d'Or. but who knows he can still be consistent at his new club. I will always support him wherever he is.
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