A bit like his form in 2012. Roles were reversed in 2009 as Messi beat 2008 winner Ronaldo to the Ballon d'Or - and by a then-record margin, with the Argentine the almost unanimous pick for top ...

Former player Michael Owen recently ranked Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and Ronaldo Nazario in the 'Ballon d'Or Winner ...

Thanks to his remarkable achievements, Messi has racked up eigh Ballon d'Ors across his career.

Previously, FIFA awarded its World Player of the Year prize between 1991 and 2009. Despite their ... came in 2021 when Lionel Messi controversially won the Ballon d'Or and Robert Lewandowski ...

Both Messi and Ronaldo dominated the ... former winning it on record 8 times, the first in 2009 and last in 2023. Ronaldo also won 5 Ballon d'Or awards, his last coming in 2017, and kept the ...

"Now we know that the person competing with Messi for the Ballon d'Or was Florentino Pérez and not Cristiano Ronaldo," Ibrahimovic had said to Fox Sports back in December 2018. Ibrahimovic’s ...

The Messi-Ronaldo era, though, has been over for some time now. Ronaldo last finished in the top three in Ballon d'Or voting in 2019, and while Messi did win the Ballon d'Or just last year ...

The ranking, however, reveals a notable shift in the top positions with Lionel Messi dropping significantly from previous years. Rodri, who also won the Ballon d’Or earlier this year, takes the top ...

Rodri has claimed that Lionel Messi is a better footballer than Cristiano ... the ranks of the Etihad elite - even bagging a Ballon d'Or this year thanks to his remarkable performances on the ...