Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi has been named world footballer of the year for the fourth time in a row, marking another unprecedented achievement. He pipped Andres Iniesta and Cristiano Ronaldo to the title.
No other male footballer has been named the best on the planet in four separate years, let alone four in succession.
Lionel Messi, still only 25 years old, was awarded FIFA’s Ballon d’Or at a ceremony in Zurich on Monday evening. Messi won the Ballon d’Or in 2011 and 2010, and in 2009 he was named FIFA’s World Player of the Year – the previous incarnation of the award.
Messi scored 91 goals and set up another 22 in just 69 games during the 2012 calendar year, breaking the 40-year goal record set by German legend Gerd Müller.
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