Messi Wins Ballon d’Or For A Record Seventh-time
Lionel Messi, Paris Saint-Germain and Argentina forward has won the Ballon d'Or, which is given to the best footballer of the year, for the seventh time. Messi, 34, helped Argentina win the Copa America for the first time, and he has 40 goals in 2021, including 28 for Barcelona, four for PSG, and eight for Argentina. Messi had already won the award more times than any other player, with victories in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, and now 2019. With the exception of 2018, when Luka Modric won the Ballon d'Or, Messi and Ronaldo have won 12 of the last 13 editions of the award. "It's incredible to be here again," he said at the ceremony which was held at Paris's...




