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23 hours ago · Lionel Messi won the most Ballons d'Or in history, with eight wins in three different decades. He is also the record holder for most consecutive wins, with four between 2009 and 2012 . Cristiano Ronaldo has been nominated for the Ballon d'Or a record eighteen times, and is a five-time winner.
2 days ago · Lionel Messi (born June 24, 1987, Rosario, Argentina) is an Argentine-born football (soccer) player who received a record-setting eight Ballon d’Or awards as the world’s top male player (2009–12, 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2023).
- Lionel Messi is an Argentine-born football (soccer) player who has been named the world’s best men’s player of the year seven times (2009–12, 2015,...
- Lionel Messi started playing football as a boy and was noticed by clubs on both sides of the Atlantic. When he was 13, his family relocated to Barc...
- Lionel Messi scored 73 goals during the 2011–12 season while playing for FC Barcelona, breaking a 39-year-old record for single-season goals in a m...
23 hours ago · The top five Ballon d'Or contenders for 2024. Lionel Messi's era of Ballon d'Or dominance is over. The eight-time winner is seeing out the twilight years of his career at Inter Miami in MLS, while his biggest rival over the past two decades, Cristiano Ronaldo, is yet to achieve any kind of tangible success in Saudi Arabia.
3 days ago · Revisit the Men's Ballon d'Or winners from 2000 to 2023. From Luís Figo to Lionel Messi, let's celebrate the football legends who have left an indelible mark...
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1 day ago · The ex-Scotland international did not shy away from pinpointing how Messi was not always the best player in the world over the course of the year when winning the Ballon d'Or. He also expressed ...
2 days ago · Leo's odds will further reduce if any of the aforementioned players wins the Champions League or Euros. Thus, Messi's chances of winning his 9th Ballon d'Or can be no more than 40%. Nevertheless, seeing him make the top 10 shouldn't be surprising. After all, Cristiano Ronaldo hasn't managed that since he moved to Saudi Arabia two years ago.
2 days ago · Just two players not named Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo have won the Ballon d'Or since 2008, a stretch of 15 years where the pair of superstars won all but two of the trophies.
