Football

Messi wins sixth Ballon d'Or award

December 3, 2019 10:35 am

Argentina and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won football’s prized Ballon d’Or award for a record sixth time.


The 32-year-old, who lifted the trophy in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015, beat Liverpool’s Champions League winner Virgil van Dijk in a vote of international journalists.

Messi won Spain’s Liga title with Barca this year and led Argentina to third place at the Copa America in July.

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