Argentina’s Lionel Messi gained the Ballon d’Or award for the most effective participant on the planet for a record-stretching seventh time on Monday (November 29), beating Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho to raise soccer’s most prestigious trophy but once more.
The ahead added to his 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019 trophies after successful the Copa America for the primary time along with his nation final July.
Messi, who joined Paris St Germain on a free switch from Barcelona in the course of the shut season after ending as La Liga’s high scorer with the Spanish membership, collected 613 factors, with Bayern Munich’s Lewandowski, named greatest striker on Monday, getting 580.
Jorginho, who gained the Champions League with Chelsea and the European championship with Italy, ended up third on 460, forward of France’s Karim Benzema and Ngolo Kante in fourth and fifth locations respectively.
Chelsea, named membership of the 12 months, additionally had keeper Edouard Mendy ending second within the Yashin trophy behind Italy’s Gianluigi Donnarumma.
The ladies’s Ballon d’Or went to Alexia Putellas after the Spain midfielder guided Barcelona to Champions League glory.
Putellas is the third winner of the Ballon d’Or Feminin after Ada Hegerberg in 2018 and Megan Rapinoe in 2019. There was no ceremony final 12 months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
On a great evening for Barcelona, 19-year-old Pedri was awarded the Kopa trophy for the most effective Underneath-21 participant.