Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Lionel Messi wins FIFA Ballon d'Or 2011


Lionel Messi is now the first man in History to win this award three times in a row (since Platini did so during his Juventus heyday between 1983 and 1985). . He first won the award in 2009. Messi received 47.88 percent of the points in votes cast by national team coaches and captains plus invited journalists. They chose from an original shortlist of 23 players Cristiano Ronaldo finished second with 21.6 percent and Xavi got 9.23 percent to finish third for the third straight year.

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