The best of them all did it again: Messi won the 8th Ballon d’Or of his career!

The “king” of world football for the eighth year on his throne, Mr Lionel Messi conquered her Golden Ball for 2023!

The Argentinian world champion’s dynasty at the top individual prize a player can win continues, with the 36-year-old the big winner at the 2023 trophy ceremony held at the ‘Chatelet’ theater in Paris, reaching the an extraordinary number of eight conquestsafter those of 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2021.

At the same time, the second place was taken by Erling Haaland and on the third o Kylian Mbappedespite the reports of the last few hours that wanted one of De Bruyne or Rodri to take a place on the “podium”.

THE Messi he was the great hero of the Argentine national team in winning the World Cup in Qatar, after taking the Albiceleste by the hand and leading it, almost single-handedly, to the end. He was named player of the tournament, second top scorer of the competition and top scorer of his team with seven goals, while making history by being the only footballer in the history of the competition to score in every knockout phase. At the same time, he became the player with the most participations in the World Cup (26), leaving Lothar Mathews (25) in second place.

At the collective level, he won the championship and the French Super Cup, came out first in assists in Ligue 1 (16), while with a month of presence in Inter Miami he led them to their first ever trophy, the League Cup, being the top scorer with 10 goals and one assist.

In total o Pulga counted the 2022/2023 season at collective and national level 74 matches, with 54 goals and 30 assists.

Lionel Messi from @InterMiamiCF keeps extending his record with eight Ballon d’Or!

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