It is the Argentina international’s fifth World Player of the Year title – more than any other player in history – and thwarts Ronaldo’s quest to tie his haul of gongs, with the Madrid star having picked up the award in each of the last two seasons.
The Ballon d’Or award caps yet another remarkable year for Messi, who secured five trophies and a famous treble with Barcelona in a dominant 2015, ending the Catalan club’s four-year wait for another Champions League victory – his fourth title in Europe’s premier club competition.
Messi scored a remarkable 52 goals for club and country across the calendar year – five less than Ronaldo – as well as contributing 26 assists in 61 appearances, scoring or assisting every 0.78 games.
The 27-year-old first won the Ballon d’Or in 2009, before it merged with Fifa’s World Player of the Year award, and won it every year afterwards until 2012 when his stranglehold on the award was finally broken by Cristano Ronaldo
2015 FIFA/FIFPRO WORLD XI Manuel Neuer; Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Dani Alves; Andres Iniesta, Luka Modric, Paul Pogba; Lionel Messi, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo
FIFA Women Coach of the Year nominees: Jill Ellis – United States
Mark Sampson- England
Norio Sasaki – Japan
Men Coach of the Year nominees: Pep Guardiola – Bayern Munich
Luis Enrique – Barcelona
Jorge Sampaoli – Chile
Women Player of the Year nominees: Carli Lloyd – United States
Aya Miyama – Japan
Celia Sasic – Germany
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Men Player of the Year nominees: Lionel Messi – Argentina
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Posted: at 11-01-2016 08:34 PM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
odegbalegu at 11-01-2016 08:40 PM (9 years ago) (m)
Congratulations!
Posted: at 11-01-2016 08:40 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
zezprincess at 11-01-2016 11:12 PM (9 years ago) (f)
Otiegwe Messi, God will be blessing you and your family for using your God gifted talent to for this generation. The aword is well deserved one. CONGRATS !!!! Infact, “Cholunim nombaya” hahahahah!!!!
Posted: at 11-01-2016 11:12 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
Seriously messiano really deserve this award. we all knw the effort of that guy plus that of injury stil he mak us beliv he was world best. congrat man.
Posted: at 13-01-2016 08:48 PM (9 years ago) | Hero
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