Messi - Fifa Ballon Dor 2011

Aaron Hughes:

1) Messi
2) No vote
3) No vote

Tonga - Folio Moeaki: Dani Alves - Agüero Sergio - Rooney Wayne
:lol!:

Did Portugal change captain so that Cronaldo could get 5 points?

Lmfao at the muller vote!

I thought cr7 was the Portugal captain lol

But he is. Has been for a long time now.

SaintJoe wrote:But he is. Has been for a long time now.

Then why did Nuno Gomes as Portugal captain captain vote Cronaldo the best?

jiopsi wrote:Then why did Nuno Gomes as captain vote Cronaldo best?

You're right. What the hell. Foul play by Portugal lol

BarrileteCosmico wrote:

Problem?

Replace that with a burger and/or diet coke!!!

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1088719/Messi-wins-Ballon-d%27Or-again

Lionel Messi fact file

1987: June 24 - Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.

1995: Joins Newell's Old Boys.

1998: Diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency at age of 11.

2000: Moves to Barcelona, aged 13.

2003: November 16 - Makes first-team debut in friendly at Porto at the age of 16.

2004: October 16 - Appears in first official Barca match, aged 17, in 1-0 derby win at Espanyol.

2005: May 1 - Becomes youngest player to score for Barcelona by netting against Albacete.

June - Helps Argentina to World Youth Championship triumph. Messi is competition's top scorer and is named player of the tournament.

August 17 - Makes full Argentina debut as second-half substitute in Hungary, only to be shown a red card within two minutes.

September - Granted EU passport by Spanish government.

2006: May - Helps Barca retain Primera Division title and win Champions League, although he misses out on UCL final win over Arsenal in Paris due to injury.

June 16 - Becomes youngest player to represent Argentina at a World Cup with substitute appearance against Serbia and Montenegro. Also nets final goal in 6-0 win to become fifth youngest goalscorer in World Cup history.

2007: July - Named Young Player of the Tournament after helping Argentina to Copa America final, where it loses to Brazil.

December 2 - Finishes third behind Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo in Ballon d'Or voting.

December 13 - Again misses out to Kaka, this time finishing second to the Brazilian in FIFA World Player of the Year poll.

2008: July 3 - Included in Argentina squad for Olympic Games in Beijing, prompting protracted dispute between the Argentinian federation and Barcelona, who want the player available for Champions League qualifiers.

August 7 - Barca announce it will allow Messi to remain with Argentina squad for the duration of the Olympics.

August 23 - Helps Argentina to gold with a 1-0 victory over Nigeria in the final in Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium.

December 2 - Finishes second behind Cristiano Ronaldo in Ballon d'Or voting.

2009: May 27 - Scores second goal as Barcelona beats Manchester United 2-0 to win Champions League final in Rome. Also helps Barca win the Primera Division and Copa del Rey titles in an unprecedented treble.

October 14: Helps Argentina reach the World Cup finals with 1-0 win in Uruguay.

December 1: Wins Ballon d'Or.

2010: April 6 - Scores four as Barcelona knock Arsenal out of the Champions League.

May - Equals Ronaldo's club record of 34 goals in a league season as Barca wins the Primera Division title again.

June - Plays every game as Argentina reaches quarter-finals of the World Cup before being knocked out by Germany.

November 20 - His second hat-trick of the season in Barca's 8-0 win over Almeria takes him to 100 goals in La Liga.

2011: January 10 - Wins FIFA Ballon d'Or.

May: Ends campaign having helped Barca to Champions League and Primera Division glory. Finishes the season with 50 goals in league, Copa del Rey and Champions League action.

August - Named Argentina captain by coach Alejandro Sabella.

December - Part of the Barcelona squad that wins the Club World Cup in Japan.

2012: January 9 - Retains FIFA Ballon d'Or prize.


Can't say anything bad about him at this moment. I personally thought Xavi should have won at least one of the awards in the last three years (probably 2009) but Mess is a truly incredible player and you don't win 3 Ballon D'ors in a row for nothing. I hope not, but let's see if he can retain this prize and win a fourth Ballon D'or in a row.

I can only imagine what Pele said.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:According to Casillas, Oezil is better than Messi & Xavi

I think I'll stop respecting his opinion when it comes to football lol.

Ozil & Cristiano over Xavi & Ineista from Spain Captain..

So its RealMadrid>Spain for him? especially that he should know how important Xavi was for Spain & Barca in the last 4 years..
SHAME!!! i used to respect him...

Khaledbarca wrote:

BarrileteCosmico wrote:According to Casillas, Oezil is better than Messi & Xavi

I think I'll stop respecting his opinion when it comes to football lol.

Ozil & Cristiano over Xavi & Ineista from Spain Captain..

So its RealMadrid>Spain for him? especially that he should know how important Xavi was for Spain & Barca in the last 4 years..
SHAME!!! i used to respect him...

i thought catalonia>spain for u cules?

the greatest player ever



"Messi is amongst the best ever," Sir Alex Ferguson said

Fun fact:

A player can nowadays vote for a countryman, but he cant vote for himself.

Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of Portugal gave his vote to Nuno Gomes and was therefore voted first place and got 5 points. Desperate or what?

Hamit Altintop, captain of Turkey has played like 2 games with RM this season. Why would they sign him? Maybe cause he was worth 5 points for Cristiano Ronaldo?

Nice try Mourinho!

Well Messi won and they didnt even dare to show up. All that in vain :/

Messi at Club Level has won everything & more than once..
Messi at 24, has done everything for his Club & he can still get even better.. He's not just a very gd finisher, he's a playmaker.

[Dribbling, Passing, Vision, Finishing, Creativity etc.. he has it all]

What's most important that he's a Big game player.. He makes the difference in Big Matches..
I have no doubt that Messi will end up the best player ever on Club Level, when it comes to Overall including NationalTem performance, i don't know, Messi can at least play 2 more WorldCups (2014 at 27 & 2018 at 31) etc... so lets wait & see..

~Just look at some Stats for him since 2008/09:
-08/09: 38goals + 18 assists in 51 matches (including 41 starts).
Champions League topscorer.
Treble Winner(CL, LaLiga & Copadelrey).
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-09/10: 47goals + 11(14) assists in 53matches (45 starts).

~LaLiga & Champions League Topscorer.[ also Golden Shoe].

~Won: LaLiga, Uefa Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup, Clubs World Cup.
~ Messi was Choosen between Top 10 players in World Cup 2010 [ he created almost all argentina goals, played a deeper role.]
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- 10/11: 53goals + 24 (28) assists in 55 matches (starts:48).

~Won: Champions League, LaLiga, SpanishSuperCup.
~Champions League Topscorer.
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- 11/12: Messi already has 31goals + 15(18) assists in 28matches (26 starts).

~Won: Uefa Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup, Clubs World Cup.
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~ Messi Stats since 2008/09:
187matches [156 starts, 15270 minutes] scored 169goals &assisted 68(78) goals for FCBarcelona | Average of goal every 90minutes, not including the assists.

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➫ Messi Stats (Career at Barca)-
- Number of Matches: 297 (Minutes: 22,082)
- 211 Goals
- Assists: 92 (100)

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Some VERY interesting Records:
- Messi is the first player EVER in Europe to score & assist in all the 6 official Competitions (2011) | In 2009, Pedro had the record of scoring in all 6 competitions.

- MESSI is the only player with Gerd Muller to win the ChampionsLeague/EuropeanCup TOPSCORER for 3 consecutive times, he has the chance to make its 4 this season.

Note: Messi has 43goals +17 assists in 63 Champions League matches.
25 goals in last 23 championsleague matches.
Just 7goals away from Henry (3rd CL scorer of all time) & 28 behind 1st Raul who played 142 matches in Champions League.


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- FIFA Ballond'or/WorldPlayerof the year (1st): 2009, 2010, 2011
- FIFA Ballond'or/WorldPlayerof the year (2nd): 2007, 2008

- Best(Number 1): For 3 consecutive seasons.
- Top 2: 5 consecutive seasons.
Still 24, & can improve this record

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Messi already has 20 Trophies, including "3" Champions League at 24.

`Messi Trophies (20)

`FC Barcelona (18)

- La Liga (5): 2010/11, 2009/10, 2008/09, 2005/06, 2004/05
- Champions League (3): 2010/11, 2008/09, 2005/06
- Copa del Rey(1): 2008/09
- European Super Cup (2): 2011/12, 2009/10
- Spanish Super Cup (5): 2011/12, 2010/11, 2009/10, 2006/07 , 2005/06
- World Club Cup (2): 2009/10, 2011/2012

`Argentinian National Team (2)
- Gold Medal Beijing'08 (1): 2008
- World Cup Under-20 (1): 2004/05

GOAT

Whilst the stats will say that Messi is the best ever. I will still say it's R9, and it will take alot to change my opinion.

That being said, congrats to Messi. He deserves it.

castrolfootball CastrolEDGEfootball
Messi completed the most league dribbles in Europe in 2011 (207) – 74 more than 2nd placed Ribery #ballondor
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castrolfootball CastrolEDGEfootball
No player created more league assists in Europe's top 5 leagues than Messi (21) in 2011 #fcblive #ballondor
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castrolfootball CastrolEDGEfootball
Messi completed the most dribbles in the Champions League in 2011 (75) #fcblive #ballondor
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castrolfootball CastrolEDGEfootball
Messi scored the most Champions League goals in 2011 (12) #fcblive #ballondor

khaled>castrol>pele



Anybody watched ceremony? Who were top 5 players? Yeah, I am slowpoke

Lionel Messi wrote:castrolfootball CastrolEDGEfootball
Messi completed the most league dribbles in Europe in 2011 (207) – 74 more than 2nd placed Ribery #ballondor
10 hours ago

castrolfootball CastrolEDGEfootball
No player created more league assists in Europe's top 5 leagues than Messi (21) in 2011 #fcblive #ballondor
11 hours ago

castrolfootball CastrolEDGEfootball
Messi completed the most dribbles in the Champions League in 2011 (75) #fcblive #ballondor
11 hours ago

black mamba wrote:the greatest player ever

"Messi is amongst the best ever," Sir Alex Ferguson said

Fun fact:

A player can nowadays vote for a countryman, but he cant vote for himself.

Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of Portugal gave his vote to Nuno Gomes and was therefore voted first place and got 5 points. Desperate or what?

Hamit Altintop, captain of Turkey has played like 2 games with RM this season. Why would they sign him? Maybe cause he was worth 5 points for Cristiano Ronaldo?

Nice try Mourinho!

Well Messi won and they didnt even dare to show up. All that in vain :/

Omg, where do u guys get this info from? I cant believe Ronaldo to be so lame! But then why wouldnt I!

aford92 wrote:Whilst the stats will say that Messi is the best ever. I will still say it's R9, and it will take alot to change my opinion.

That being said, congrats to Messi. He deserves it.

Why may I ask are some ppl still so stubborn? The fact that Ronaldo still got 20% or so of votes....shows that there are still quite many who are quite blind to see just how good Messi is...

I love this thread And I would like to highlight that, Messi b4 winning these 3 straight awards, he came 2nd for 2 straight years and 3rd the year b4 that! Im sure nobody in history have been consistency the no.1 or no.2 or no.3 in the world for 6 straight years yea??