Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or 2021 record for seventh time

Ballon d'Or 2021: Lionel Messi wins award as best player in world football for seventh time..

Paris St-Germain and Argentina forward Lionel Messi won the Ballon d'Or - awarded to the best footballer of the year - for a record seventh time. 

Messi, 34, helped his country win the Copa America, his first international honour, and has scored 40 goals in 2021 - 28 for Barcelona, four for Paris St-Germain and eight for Argentina. 

Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski came second, Chelsea and Italy midfielder Jorginho was third and Real Madrid's French striker Karim Benzema finished fourth.

 Either Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo (five wins) collected the award every year from 2008 to 2019, apart from in 2018 when Croatia midfielder Luka Modric won it. 

Messi had already won the trophy more times than any other player and his seventh success comes after wins in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019.

Ballon d'Or 2021 results: rankings of All 30 players List.

1 - Lionel Messi (Paris St-Germain/Argentina, forward)

2 - Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich/Poland, forward)

3 - Jorginho (Chelsea/Italy, midfielder)

4 - Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/France, forward)

5 - N'Golo Kante (Chelsea/France, midfielder)

6 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United/Portugal, forward)

7 - Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/Egypt, forward)

8 - Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City/Belgium, midfielder)

8 - Kylian Mbappe (Paris St-Germain/France, forward)

10 - Gianluigi Donnarumma (Paris St-Germain/Italy, goalkeeper)

11 - Erling Braut Haaland (Borussia Dortmund/Norway, forward)

12 - Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea/Belgium, forward)

13 - Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus/Italy, defender)

14 - Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus/Italy, defender)

15  - Raheem Sterling (Manchester City/England, forward)

16 - Neymar (Paris St-Germain/Brazil, forward)

17 - Luis Suarez (Atletico Madrid/Uruguay, forward)

18 - Simon Kjaer (AC Milan/Denmark, defender)

19 - Mason Mount (Chelsea/England, midfielder)

20 - Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City/Algeria, forward)

21 - Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United/Portugal, midfielder),

22 - Lautauro Martinez (Inter Milan/Argentina, forward)

23 - Harry Kane (Tottenham/England, forward)

24 - Pedri (Barcelona/Spain, midfielder)

25 - Phil Foden (Manchester City/England, forward)

26 - Nicolo Barella (Inter Milan/Italy, midfielder),

27 - Ruben Dias (Manchester City/Portugal, defender)

28 - Gerard Moreno (Villarreal/Spain, forward)

29 - Luka Modric (Real Madrid/Croatia, midfielder)

30  - Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea/Spain, defender)






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