Messi wins record sixth men's Ballon d'Or award

Soccer Football - The Ballon d’Or awards - Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, France - December 2, 2019 Barcelona's Lionel Messi wins the Ballon d'Or REUTERS/Christian Hartmann - Copyright CHRISTIAN HARTMANN(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 02/12/2019 - 23:03•Updated 26/04/2024 - 20:35

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PARIS (Reuters) - Argentina's Barcelona forward Lionel Messi claimed the men's Ballon d'Or award for a record sixth time on Monday.

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