Lionel Messi does not appear to be a superstar competing for individual awards, but his perpetual brilliance on the pitch has left him no choice but to claim award after award.
Almost two decades after his senior debut, the Argentine star is recognized as the best who has ever done it in this blessed sport. His simply outrageous skill has led his teams to numerous titles and he has also enjoyed his fair share of success over the years when it comes to individual awards.
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No player has been more prolific in achieving the sport's most illustrious individual award: The gold ball. We go over everything in detail.
Messi has received the second most Ballon d'Or nominations of all time and 2023 it was the sixteenth time that appears on the final list. Only Cristiano Ronaldo (18) has more nominations than the Argentine superstar.
However, his remarkable World Cup campaign in Qatar put him back in the forefront of Ballon d'Or considerations, even if his second season, although more productive, was considered a failure as he exited the Champions League prematurely. League.
Messi is the one who has won the Ballon d'Or the most, triumphing eight times.
The first success of the “10” came in 2009, after scoring in the Champions League final against Manchester United in Rome.
He went on to win the next three awards, although there was some controversy surrounding his victory in 2010, with many believing that the rightful winner was Wesley Sneijder, who starred at the World Cup in South Africa where his country was defeated in the final by Spain.
Ronaldo then enjoyed his fair share of success, as Real Madrid won the Champions League in four years between 2014 and 2018.
Therefore, Messi won only one Ballon d'Or between until 2018, but since then he has won the award twice and is ready to achieve it. This is a third win in five years in 2023.
YEAR |
NRO VOTES/PTS |
% VOTE |
POSITION |
---|---|---|---|
2006 |
2 |
N/A |
twenty |
2007 |
255 |
N/A |
3 |
2008 |
281 |
N/A |
2 |
2009 |
473 |
N/A |
1 |
2010 |
N/A |
22.65 |
1 |
2011 |
N/A |
47.88 |
1 |
2012 |
N/A |
41.6 |
1 |
2013 |
1205 |
24.72 |
2 |
2014 |
N/A |
15.76 |
2 |
2015 |
N/A |
41.33 |
1 |
2016 |
316 |
N/A |
2 |
2017 |
670 |
N/A |
2 |
2018 |
280 |
N/A |
5 |
2019 |
686 |
N/A |
1 |
2021 |
613 |
N/A |
1 |
Messi burst onto the scene before the 2006 World Cup and subsequently earned his first Ballon d'Or nomination. However, he only managed two votes and finished 20th overall, when Fabio Cannavaro triumphed. Messi's two votes were matched by Italians Gianluca Zambrotta and Luca Toni, as well as Juninho and John Terry.
However, for the next decade, Messi finished on the podium every year. He took third place in 2007 and then doubled the prize with his great rival Ronaldo until Luka Modric achieved victory thanks to his efforts at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. After Messi won four awards in a row between 2009 and 2012Ronaldo won consecutive Ballon d'Ors and the Argentine received just over 20% of the vote in both years.
While Messi's 2012 is widely considered the best performance of any player in a calendar year, as he scored a record 91 goals, his most dominant performance at the Ballon d'Or ceremony came a year earlier, in 2011, when obtained 47.88%. of the vote.
Interestingly, his best performance from a points/votes perspective came in 2013, the year many believe Franck Ribéry was robbed, as he finished second to Ronaldo. Messi accumulated 1,205 votes that year and Ronaldo obtained 1,365. Ribéry finished third with 1,127 votes.
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