2023-12-30 12:00:00
Hazem Salah El-Din Saturday, December 30, 2023 02:00 PM
Argentine legend Lionel Messi continued his brilliance in the football year 2023, following he was crowned the Ballon d’Or for the eighth time, which is the most famous individual award in world football, which is awarded annually by France Football magazine.
Lionel Messi
And it happened Lionel Messi He won the Ballon d’Or for the eighth time in his career, moving away from the top spot with the most wins, three titles ahead of his traditional Portuguese rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has five titles, and who was absent from the list of thirty candidates in the 2023 edition.
The Argentinian star was crowned with the Golden Ball following he finally succeeded in leading his country to win the World Cup at the end of 2022 in Qatar. When your name is mentioned, Lionel Messi, you will find him always a candidate to win the Best Player in the World award, so what if the race for the prestigious title coincides with putting an end to the national team’s tango fast? Regarding winning the World Cup since 1986, the result is self-evident, even if he is over 35 years old and defending the colors of Inter Miami of the United States.
Messi left his mark in the last World Cup by scoring seven goals, including a brace in the final match once morest France, with three assists, and the World Cup Best Player award, in addition to the French League Champion title with Paris Saint-Germain.
The Argentine flea was a candidate for the award, despite his departure to Inter Miami, benefiting from the recent amendment in awarding it, which now depends on the player’s record during the last season, and not throughout the calendar year.
Messi outperforms Haaland and Mbappe
Messi’s crowning of the World Cup was the best in his amazing career, outperforming his rivals, Norwegian star Erling Haaland, Manchester City player, Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, runner-up of the Qatar World Cup, and top scorer Paris Saint-Germain, who came successively behind him in voting for the award.
Messi is the most awarded Ballon d’Or
Lionel Messi sits on the throne of the list of players who have won the most Ballon d’Or awards in history, with 8 times during his football career full of titles and achievements, in the years: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023.
The list of the most successful Ballon d’Or winners throughout its history is as follows:
1- Lionel Messi – 8 times
2- Cristiano Ronaldo – 5 times
3-Platinum – 3 times
4-Van Basten- 3 times
5-Beckenbauer – twice
6- Brazilian Ronaldo – twice
7-Di Stefano – twice
8-Keegan – twice
9-Rummenigge- twice
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