Merciless Messi Wins 2015 Ballon D’or .

Merciless Messi Wins 2015 Ballon D’or
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The Barcelona star capped a stunning year with his fifth
World Player of the Year gong, beating off competition
from team-mate Neymar and Real Madrid rival
Cristiano Ronaldo
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Lionel Messi has won the 2015 Fifa Ballon d’Or ahead
of Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona
team-mate Neymar, claiming the prestigious award at
Monday’s ceremony in Zurich.
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It is the Argentina international’s fifth World Player
of the Year title – more than any other player in
history – and thwarts Ronaldo’s quest to tie his haul
of gongs, with the Madrid star having picked up the
award in each of the last two seasons.
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The Ballon d’Or award caps yet another remarkable
year for Messi, who secured five trophies and a
famous treble with Barcelona in a dominant 2015,
ending the Catalan club’s four-year wait for another
Champions League victory – his fourth title in
Europe’s premier club competition.
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Messi scored a remarkable 52 goals for club and
country across the calendar year – five less than
Ronaldo – as well as contributing 26 assists in 61
appearances, scoring or assisting every 0.78 games.
The 27-year-old first won the Ballon d’Or in 2009,
before it merged with Fifa’s World Player of the Year
award, and won it every year afterwards until 2012
when his stranglehold on the award was finally
broken by Ronaldo