Historic! Lionel Messi grabbed a record sixth Golden Ball!

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Historic! Lionel Messi grabbed a record sixth Golden Ball!

 

Argentinean Lionel Messi wins the Golden Ball for a record sixth time! The Barcelona striker already has one more than his biggest rival in recent years, Cristiano Ronaldo.

By this time, Messi had raised the greatest individual distinction in football in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015.

In the 2018/2019 season, Lionel Messi scored 54 goals for Barcelona and Argentina, and his club team won the title in Spain.

Liverpool Football defender Virgil van Dyke came second in France Football's elite standings. He is one of four Reds to be in the top 7.

In third place was Cristiano Ronaldo, who, however, decided not to honor the glamorous ceremony in Paris.

Special guest of the ceremony was the only Bulgarian to win the Golden Ball - Hristo Stoichkov. The Bulgarian legend was part of the Barcelona delegation.

Final Ranking:

1. Lionel Messi (Argentina / Barcelona)
2. Virgil van Dyke (Netherlands / Liverpool)
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal / Juventus)
4. Sadie Mane (Senegal / Liverpool)
5. Mohammed Salah (Egypt / Liverpool)
6. Cillian Mbape (France / PSG)
7. Alison Becker (Brazil / Liverpool)
8. Robert Lewandowski (Poland / Bayern)
9. Bernardo Silva (Por / Man City)
10. Riyadh Marez (Alger / Man City)
11. Frankie de Jong (Netherlands / Ajax / Barcelona)
12. Rahim Sterling (England / Man City)
13. Eden Azar (Belgium / Chelsea / Real M)
14. Kevin De Bruin (Belgium / Man City)
15. Matthias de Licht (Netherlands / Juve)
16. Sergio Aguero (Argentina / Man City)
17. Roberto Firmino (Brazil / Liverpool)
18. Antoine Griezman (France / Atletico / Barcelona)
19. Trent Alexander-Arnold (England / Liverpool)
20. Pierre-Emerick Obameyang (Gabon / Arsenal)
20. Dusan Tadic (Serbia / Ajax)
22. Hyun-Min Son (South Korea / Tottenham)
23. Hugo Loris (France / Tottenham)
24. Kalidou Coulibali (Senegal / Napoli)
24. Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Germany / Barcelona)
26. Karim Benzema (France / Real M)
26. Georgio Weinaldum (Netherlands / Liverpool)
28. João Felix (Portugal / Benfica / Atletico)
28. Donnie van de Beek (Netherlands / Ajax)
28. Marquinhos (Brazil / PSG)

Here's how the whole Paris ceremony we watched live unfolded:

22:30 Ceremony presenter Didier Drogba announces the name of the winner for 2019, who is named Lionel Messi. This is a record sixth Golden Ball for the Argentine striker in Barcelona!