{"id":9330,"date":"2016-01-13T20:25:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T14:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=9330"},"modified":"2016-01-13T20:25:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T14:55:09","slug":"lionel-messi-wins-2016-fifa-ballon-dor-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=9330","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi wins 2016 FIFA Ballon d\u2019Or award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/lionel-messi-wins-2016-fifa-ballon-dor-award-9330.htm\/lionel_messi_2016_fifa_ballon_dor_award\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9331\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9331 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Lionel_Messi_2016_FIFA_Ballon_d\u2019Or_award.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel_Messi_2016_FIFA_Ballon_d\u2019Or_award\" width=\"481\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\">Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d&#8217;Or award for the world&#8217;s best player for the fifth time.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old Argentine had 41.33% of the vote, with Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo (27.76%) second and Barca&#8217;s Neymar (7.86%) third.<\/p>\n<p>Either Messi or Ronaldo, who became a three-time winner last year, have won the past eight awards.<\/p>\n<p>United States midfielder Carli Lloyd, who scored a hat-trick in the World Cup final, won the women&#8217;s award.<\/p>\n<p>England coach Mark Sampson was beaten to the women&#8217;s football coach of the year award by USA boss Jill Ellis, who was born in Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"cross-head\">Messi&#8217;s 2015 in numbers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>61 games, 52 goals and 26 assists.<\/li>\n<li>A goal every 101 minutes and an assist every 202 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Best minutes-per-goal rate &#8211; 80 &#8211; of anyone scoring a minimum of 10 goals across Europe&#8217;s top five leagues during 2015.<\/li>\n<li>Directly involved in 49 goals in La Liga &#8211; 34 scored and 15 assists &#8211; which was the joint-most with Ronaldo in 2015 across the top five European leagues.<\/li>\n<li>Scored in all six club tournaments in 2015, as Barcelona won five of them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"data-table-outer\">\n<table class=\"data-table\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"50%\" \/>\n<col width=\"50%\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"colheading\">\n<th class=\"left first\">Past Ballon d&#8217;Or winners<\/th>\n<th class=\"left \"><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\"><strong>2014: <\/strong>Cristiano Ronaldo<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \"><strong>2008: <\/strong>Cristiano Ronaldo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"left first\"><strong>2013: <\/strong>Cristiano Ronaldo<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \"><strong>2007: <\/strong>Kaka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\"><strong>2012: <\/strong>Lionel Messi<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \"><strong>2006: <\/strong>Fabio Cannavaro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"left first\"><strong>2011: <\/strong>Lionel Messi<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \"><strong>2005: <\/strong>Ronaldinho<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"left first\"><strong>2010: <\/strong>Lionel Messi<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \"><strong>2004: <\/strong>Andriy Shevchenko<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row2\">\n<td class=\"left first\"><strong>2009: <\/strong>Lionel Messi<\/td>\n<td class=\"left \"><strong>2003: <\/strong>Pavel Nedved<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d&#8217;Or award for the world&#8217;s best player for the fifth time. 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