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      • Messi is the most successful player in Ballon d'Or history with eight titles won from 2009 to 2023 ahead of old rival Cristiano Ronaldo on five. Six of Messi's Ballon d'Or title wins came as a Barcelona player with his 2021 award coming months after joining PSG.
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  2. The Ballon d'Or award is an annual football award for the best player over the previous year. It was first awarded in 1956. The most recent winner was Argentinian Lionel Messi in 2023. Messi has won the men's Ballon d'Or award a record eight times, Cristiano Ronaldo has won the award five times.

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  3. Nov 28, 2021 · List by years and age. The Ballon d'Or is often considered soccer's most coveted prize. Argentine superstar,Lionel Messi can boast of being the player with the most Ballon d'Or awards, so let's find out the number of times he has won it, the year, and his age at the time.

  4. Sep 4, 2024 · Messi won just one Ballon d'Or from 2013 to 2016, as Ronaldo won three, with their rivalry taking on a new level as Barcelona and Real Madrid continued to go head-to-head for trophies....

    • 2009. December 1, 2009: the Black Eyed Peas had just been knocked off top spot in the UK Single Chart by a bunch of X Factor finalists; Barack Obama was less than a year into his first term as President; and Lionel Messi was collecting his first Ballon d'Or.
    • 2010. In 2010, Messi became the first player since Marco van Basten in 1989 to retain the Ballon d'Or – and he did it after an even more prolific goalscoring season for Barcelona.
    • 2011. The following year, it was time to equal another record, as Messi joined French great Michel Platini as the only other player to scoop the Ballon d'Or three years running (and became one of just four – along with Platini, Van Basten and Johan Cruyff – to pick up the award three times overall).
    • 2012. Four Ballon d'Or wins in a row? Why not! In 2012, Messi made history by becoming the first four-time recipient of the gong – just eight years after making his professional debut.
  5. Nov 29, 2021 · Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or seven times, two more than his rival Cristiano Ronaldo. Yoan Valat/EPA, via Shutterstock. By Rory Smith. Nov. 29, 2021. Some of the most illustrious...

  6. Oct 30, 2023 · Messis eighth Ballon d’Or will almost certainly be his last, but the awards ceremony in Paris offered an opportunity for the world of soccer to relive his incredible World Cup victory with...

  7. Jul 17, 2020 · Lionel Messi has won a record six Ballon d'Or awards in his career. Messi has scored 631 goals for Barcelona since making his debut.