The Untold Story of Messi Ballon d’Or Wins
A brief history of the Ballon d’Or
Lionel Messi won the most Ballon d’Or award seven times. The award started back in 1956. Every year, this award is given to the best player footballer. The French Football Magazine grants this award.
From 2010 to 2015, the Ballon d’Or Award collaborated with FIFA and merged the Ballon d’Or with the FIFA World Player of the Year. For this particular time, the award was known as the “FIFA Ballon d’Or.” The partnership ended in 2015, and the names were reverted back to the original.
The basic idea behind how the Ballon d’Or award is given to the best player
The award is given to the best footballer of the year. From 1956 to 2006, only sports journalists were allowed to vote for the players.
In 2007, the voting system was upgraded, and captains and coaches of national teams were added to the voting list. After 2007, the award included players from all over the world and became a global award. The voting rights are only limited to the captains of the top 100 FIFA teams.
Messi’s First Ballon d’Or Award (2009
On December 1, 2009, Messi won his first Ballon d’Or award. During this season, he played for FC Barcelona. Messi won this award by a record margin over the previous year’s winner, Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi received 473 points, while Ronaldo received only 233.
Messi won this award and was the only person to win it from Argentina after Omar Sivori in 1961.
Messi’s Second Ballon d’Or Award (2010)
This was the year France Football and FIFA joined hands, and the award was named the FIFA Ballon d’Or.
The quality of football FC Barcelona players are playing can be seen from this year’s Ballon d’Or ranking. The top three players are from FC Barcelona.
Messi won the award, Andres Iniesta stood second, and Xavi was third.
Messi’s Third Ballon d’Or Award (2011)
Messi scored a hat-trick of Ballon d’Ors this year. This year’s award ceremony took place in Zurich on January 9, 2012.
Messi got 47.88% of the points, and 2nd on the list was Ronaldo, with only 21.60% of the points. The performance of Lionel Messi made him win this award.
Messi’s Fourth Ballon d’Or Award (2012)
This is the fourth consecutive win for Lionel Messi, and this year he got 41.60% of the points. Next to him is his archrival Ronaldo, with 23.68% points.
Messi’s Fifth Ballon d’Or Award (2015)
Cristiano Ronaldo won the award in 2013 and 2014. Furthermore, Messi was back in the game in 2015. This was the last year for FIFA and French magazine collaboration.
Messi won the award with a significant lead of 41.33% points, Cristiano Ronaldo got only 27.76%, and number three was Neymar Jr. with only 7.86% points.
Messi’s sixth Ballon d’Or award (2019)
This year, the 64th Ballon d’Or event was held in Paris. Messi won this award with a slight lead over his opponent, Virgil Van Dijk. Messi had 686 points, and Dijk had 679 points. This year, Cristiano Ronaldo was in third place with 476 points.
Messi’s Seventh Ballon d’Or Award (2021)
There were no Ballon d’Or awards in 2020 due to the global pandemic. The awards resumed in 2021, and Lionel Messi won the award.
This year, Ronaldo did not even come close to Messi; he was not in the top three. Messi had 613 points, and in 2nd with 580 was Robert Lewandowski.
Many reports say Messi is a hot favorite for the 2023 Ballon d’Or award. Let’s see what happens.
Ballon d’Or Top Questions:
Q: How many balls of gold does Messi have?
A: Messi has seven Ballon d’Or awards.
Q: When will the Ballon d’Or 2023 be held?
A: It will be in October 2023.
Q -Who has the 2nd Most Ballon d’Or?
A: Cristiano Ronaldo is 2nd on the list with 5 Awards.
ef history of Ballon d’Or –
Lionel Messi won the most Ballon d’Or awards, Seven. The award started back in 1956. Every year this award is awarded to the best player in football. The French Football Magzine grant this award.
From 2010 to 2015, the Ballon d’Or Award collaborated with FIFA and merged the Ballon d’Or with FIFA World Player of the year. For this particular time, the award was known as FIFA Ballon d’Or, the partnership ended in 2015, and names were reverted.
The basic principle of how the best player is selected for the Ballon d’Or award
The award is given to the best footballer of the year. From 1956 to 2006, only sports journalists were allowed to vote for the players.
In 2007 the voting system was upgraded, and captains and coaches of nationals were added to the voting list. After 2007 the award included a player from all over the world, which became a global award. The voting rights are only limited to the captains of FIFA 100 top teams.
Messi’s First Ballon d’Or Award – 2009
On 1 December 2009, Messi won his first Ballon d’Or award. During this season, he played for FC Barcelona. Messi won this award by a record margin from the previous year’s winner Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi got 473 points, and 2nd in line Ronaldo got only 233 points.
Messi won this award and was the only person to win the award from Argentina after Omar Sivori in 1961.
Messi Second Ballon d’Or Award – 2010
This was the year France Football and FIFA joined hands, and the award was named FIFA Ballon d’Or.
The quality of football FC Barcelona players are playing can be seen from this year’s Ballon d’Or ranking. The top 3 players are from FC Barcelona.
Messi won the award, Andres Iniesta stood 2nd and Xavi on 3rd.
Messi Third Ballon d’Or Award – 2011
Messi scored a hat-trick of Ballon d’Or this year. This year award ceremony took place in Zurich on 9 January 2012.
Messi got 47.88% points, and 2nd on the list was Ronaldo, with only 21.60% points. The performance of Lionel Messi made him the star of this year’s award.
Messi Fourth Ballon d’Or Award – 2012
This is the fourth consecutive win for Lionel Messi, and this year he got 41.60% of the points. Next to him is his arch-rival Ronaldo with 23.68% of issues.
Messi Fifth Ballon d’Or Award – 2015
Cristiano Ronaldo won the award in 2013 and 2014. Furthermore, Messi was back in the game in 2015. This was the last year for FIFA and French Magazine collaboration.
Messi won the award with a significant lead of 41.33% points, Cristiano Ronaldo got only 27.76%, and number three was Neymar Jr with only 7.86% points.
Messi Sixth Ballon d’Or Award – 2019
This year, the 64th Ballon d’Or event was held in Paris. Messi won this award with a slight lead over his opponent Virgil Van Dijk. Messi had 686 points, and Dijk had 679 points. This year, Cristiano Ronaldo was in the third rank, with only 476 points.
Messi Seventh Ballon d’Or Award – 2021
There were no Ballon d’Or awards in 2020 due to the global pandemic. The awards resumed in 2021, and Lionel Messi won the award.
This year Ronaldo was not even come close to Messi; he was not in the top three. Messi had 613 points, and in 2nd with 580 was Robert Lewandowski.
Many reports say Messi is a hot favourite for the 2023 Ballon d’Or award. Let’s see what happens.
Ballon d’Or Top Questions –
Q – How many ballon d’Or does Messi have?
A – Messi has Seven Ballon d’Or awards.
Q – When will Ballon d’Or 2023 hold?
A – It will be in October 2023.
Q -Who has 2nd Most Ballon d’Or?
A – Cristiano Ronaldo is 2nd on list with 5 Awards.
