প্রকাশ: 30/11/2021
Lionel Messi won the men's Ballon d'Or award for a
record-extending seventh time at a ceremony in Paris on Monday.
Messi won the last edition of the Ballon d'Or in 2019 before
last year's awards were canceled due to the pandemic. He also won in 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012, and in 2015.
The 34-year-old scored 38 goals in 48 games last season for
Barcelona and won the Copa del Rey before captaining Argentina to Copa America
glory in July.
That was the first major international title of his
glittering career, which had been spent entirely with Barcelona before his
tearful departure from the Camp Nou in August and subsequent move to Paris
Saint-Germain.
Messi has played just 11 games for PSG so far, scoring four
goals, but he was rewarded as much as anything for his continued brilliance
down the years.
He has now won the Ballon d'Or twice more than his old rival
Cristiano Ronaldo -- between them, they have won 12 of the last 13 editions with
the exception coming in 2018 when Luka Modric claimed the prize.
Prolific Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski finished
second and Chelsea and Italy midfielder Jorginho was third in the voting by a
jury of journalists from around the world.
Spain starlet Pedri won the Kopa Trophy for the best player
aged under 21 at the Ballon d'Or awards ceremony in Paris on Monday, while
Italy's Gianluigi Donnarumma was named the best goalkeeper.
Barcelona midfielder Pedri, who only turned 19 last
Thursday, was a key player for Spain as they reached the semi-finals of the
European Championship and featured in their side that lost in the men's Olympic
football final against Brazil in Tokyo.
In addition, he played 52 games for Barcelona, helping them
win the Copa del Rey.
Pedri, who joined Barca from Las Palmas last year, recently
extended his contract at Camp Nou to 2026.
The Kopa Trophy is named after Raymond Kopa, the Real Madrid
and France star of the post-war era who won the Ballon d'Or in 1958.
France forward Kylian Mbappe was the inaugural winner of the
prize in 2018, and Matthijs de Ligt of Juventus and the Netherlands won it in
2019.
There was no Ballon d'Or awards ceremony last year because
of the pandemic.
Donnarumma won the Yashin Trophy for the best goalkeeper
after his outstanding performances in Italy's glorious Euro 2020 campaign.
The 22-year-old left AC Milan for Paris Saint-Germain
following the European Championship.
Liverpool and Brazil star Alisson was the first winner in
2019 of the Yashin Trophy, named after former USSR icon Lev Yashin.
Spain's Alexia Putellas wins women's Ballon d'Or
Alexia Putellas of Barcelona and Spain won the women's
Ballon d'Or prize at a ceremony in Paris on Monday, completing a remarkable
year for the 27-year-old.
Putellas is the third winner of the prize, following in the
footsteps of Ada Hegerberg, who won the inaugural women's Ballon d'Or in 2018,
and United States World Cup star Megan Rapinoe, winner in 2019.
The 2020 Ballon d'Or awards were canceled because of the
pandemic.
Putellas captained Barcelona to victory in this year's
Champions League, scoring a penalty in the final as her side hammered Chelsea
4-0 in Gothenburg.
She also won a Spanish league and cup double with Barca, the
club she joined as a teenager in 2012, and helped her country qualify for the
upcoming Women's Euro in England.
Her Barcelona and Spain teammate Jennifer Hermoso finished
second in the voting, with Sam Kerr of Chelsea and Australia coming in third.
It completes an award double for Putellas, who
in August was named player of the year by European football's governing body
UEFA.
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