Mesi won this award for the seventh time in his career and for the second time in a row.
At the end of last season, Messi helped the Barcelona team triumph in the Spanish Cup, but in the summer, the Argentine team triumphed in the South American Copa America Championship. In August, the footballer moved to PSG.
Since 1956, France Football has awarded the Ballon d’Or Award for Best Contemporary Football Player, but as the winner of this award was often the same as the winner of the FIFA World’s Best Footballer Survey, in 2010 FIFA the initiatives of President Zepa Blater were merged. FIFA’s best player was voted on by national team captains, head coaches and journalists, and was followed by the Ballon d’Or.
With FIFA terminating its contract with France Football, from 2017 the best football player in Europe and the best football player in the world will once again be identified in separate polls.
The Ballon d’Or was not awarded last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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