Lionel Messi won the record-long seventh Men’s Ballon d’Or at a ceremony in Paris on Monday. Messi won his last Ballon d’Or in 2019 before last year’s award was canceled due to the pandemic. He also won the title in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015. The 34-year-old scored 38 goals in 48 games for Barcelona last season and won the Copa del Rey before winning the Copa del Rey with Argentina. America in July. It was the first major international title of his glittering career, which he devoted himself to Barcelona before he left Camp Nou in tears in August and subsequently moved to Paris Saint-Germain.
THIS IS THE WINNER!
SEVEN BALLON D’OR FOR LIONEL MESSI! #ballondor pic.twitter.com/U2SywJmruC
– Ballon d’Or #ballondor (@francefootball) November 29, 2021
Messi has played 11 games for PSG so far, scoring four goals, but he has been well rewarded for his continued brilliance over the years.
He has now won the Ballon d’Or more than twice as much as his old rival Cristiano Ronaldo – between them having won 12 of the last 13 editions, except in 2018 when Luka Modric claimed the award.
Outstanding Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski finished second and Chelsea and Italy midfielder Jorginho finished third in a jury vote of journalists from around the world.
Ronaldo, meanwhile, is sixth.
List of winners of the 2021 Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on Monday:
Top 10 Golden Ball Men
1. Lionel Messi (ARG / Barcelona)
2. Robert Lewandowski (POL / Bayern Munich)
3. Jorginho (ITA / Chelsea)
4. Karim Benzema (FRA / Real Madrid)
5. N’Golo Kante (FRA / Chelsea)
6. Cristiano Ronaldo (POR / Juventus – Manchester United)
7. Mohamed Salah (Egypt / Liverpool)
8. Kevin De Bruyne (BEL / Manchester City)
9. Kylian Mbappe (FRA / Paris SG)
10. Gianluigi Donnarumma (ITA / AC Milan – Paris SG)
Women’s Golden Ball or Top 10
1. Alexia Putellas (ESP / Barcelona)
2. Jennifer Hermoso (ESP / Barcelona)
3. Sam Kerr (AUS / Chelsea)
4. Vivianne Miedema (NED / Arsenal)
5. Lieke Martens (NED / Barcelona)
6. Christine Sinclair (Storm CAN / Portland)
7. Pernille Harder (DAN / Chelsea)
8. Ashley Lawrence (CAN / Paris SG)
9. Jessie Fleming (CAN / Chelsea)
10. Fran Kirby (ENG / Chelsea)
Kopa Trophy top 3 (young players)
1. Pedri (ESP / Barcelona)
2. Jude Bellingham (ENG / Borussia Dortmund)
3. Jamal Musiala (GER / Bayern Munich)
Yashin Trophy top 3 (goalkeeper)
Promote
1. Gianluigi Donnarumma (ITA / AC Milan – Paris SG)
2. Edouard Mendy (SEN / Chelsea)
3. Jan Oblak (SLO / Atletico Madrid)
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