5 special records of Messi after winning the 2021 Ballon d’Or

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Lionel Messi make a special record after winning Ballon d’Or 2021. Here are 5 Messi records after winning the seventh Ballon d’Or.

Messi won the 2021 Ballon d’Or award at the Theater du Chatelet, Paris, France, Tuesday (30/11) early morning WIB. The Paris Saint-Germain star beat Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski in second and Chelsea midfielder Jorginho in third.

This year’s Ballon d’Or made Messi his seventh professional career. The success of Messi being named the Golden Ball winner cannot be separated from the success of the Argentina national team being the best in the 2021 Copa America.

Here are 5 special records of Messi after winning the 2021 Ballon d’Or as reported by Sportskeeda:

1. First Win 7 Ballon d’Or

Before the era of Messi Ronaldo, only Michel Platini, Johan Cruyff and Marco van Basten had won the Ballon d’Or three times. Messi broke the record after winning the Ballon d’or four years in a row (2009-2012).

Messi added to his collection of Ballon d’Or titles in 2015 after Barcelona won the treble winners. In that season, Barcelona won the Champions League, La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

Messi’s collection of five titles can then be matched by Ronaldo. However, La Pulga again surpassed Ronaldo by winning the 2019 Ballon d’Or and is now the first player to win seven Ballon d’Or after beating Robert Lewandowski.

2. First Ligue 1 Player to Win the Ballon d’Or in the 21st Century

Messi has been part of PSG since the start of this season. Although the success achieved by La Pulga with the Argentine national team was achieved while still in Barcelona’s uniform.

This fact makes Messi the second player to win the Ballon d’Or from the Ligue 1 stage after Jean-Pierre Papin in 1991. Papin won the title after an impressive year with Marseille. despite losing in the final of the European Cup (Champions League) to Red Star Belgrade.

However, the title that Messi achieved came in a different century. La Pulga became the first player from Ligue to win the Ballon d’Or.

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