GOAL runs through every edition of the Golden Ball since 2000, outlining which players were most worthy winners - and who was ...

Lionel Messi won a record-extending eighth Ballon d'Or in 2023, but was the Argentina icon in contention this year?

but his first Ballon d'Or came the following year when he was 23. Messi, meanwhile, was third behind Kaka and CR7 in '07 and second to Ronaldo in '08, before claiming the 2009 award at 22 years old.

Though playing at a lower level in MLS, the Argentine consistently put in remarkable performances and also won a top ...

Argentina captain Lionel Messi sent a heartwarming message to the 2024 Ballon d'Or Awards winners and nominees despite being ...

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are both absent from this year’s Ballon d’Or shortlist. Combine that with several other big names dropping off and we are guaranteed a first-time winner in ...

Messi won a record-extending eighth Ballon d'Or last year after leading Argentina to triumph at the World Cup in 2022. Wilson ...

With Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo out of the running, a new era has begun for the Ballon d'Or. For the first time since ...

The 2024 Ballon d'Or winner will be announced on Monday at a glitzy ceremony in Paris - here's everything you need to know ...

Leo Messi insists his compatriot Lautaro Martinez deserves the Ballon d’Or ‘more than anyone else ... the league’s leading scorer for the first time in his career. A few weeks later ...

Messi and Ronaldo won soccer’s most prestigious ... The only other winners since Ronaldo won his first Ballon d'Or in 2008 were Luka Modric in 2018 and Karim Benzema in 2022.