(MENAFN- Morocco World News) ;">Rabat – F.C. Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi has been declared the winner of the FIFA 2015 Ballon D'Or. The Argentinian player came ahead of his teammate Neymar Junior and his Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
This is the fifth time that the 'Pulga' wins the FIFA Ballon D'Or after 2009 2010 2011 and 2012. In 2013 and 2014 Messi came second behind Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo. With this new title Messi becomes the world's first player to win the title five times. Messi had a remarkable season with his Catalan team last year winning fiveout of six possible titles. The Argentinian's good performance helped Barcelona win the Spanish Liga the Champions' League the Copa del Rey the European Super Cup as well as the FIFA Club World Cup. Since Messi made it to the first team on October 16 2004 F.C. Barcelona won four Champions League Titles in 2006 2009 2011 and 2015 as well as seven Spanish Liga titles in 200405 200506 200809 200910 201011 201213 201415. In addition Messi's extraordinary performance allowed his team to win three FIFA Club World Cup titles in 2009 2011 and 2015 three European Super Cup in 2009 2011 and 2015 three Spanish Copa del Rey in 2009 2012 and 2015 as well as six Spanish Super Cup titles in 2005 2006 2009 2010 2011 2013
Messi has broken all kinds of records with Barcelona among them the all-time scorer of the team with 458 goals and winning 26 titles with his team. Messi also holds the record of the world's top scorer in one year with 96 goals scored in 2012.
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