2021 Ballon d’Or award ceremony held at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris on November 29th, Monday.
Argentina’s Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or award for the best player in the world for a record-stretching seventh time on Monday, beating Poland’s Robert Lewandowski and Italy’s Jorginho to lift football’s most prestigious trophy yet again.
The PSG forward added to his 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2019 trophies after winning the Copa America for the first time with his country after beating Brazil in the finals last July.
“It’s incredible to be here again. Two years ago I thought it was the last time. Winning the Copa America was key”, Messi said at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris.
Messi, who joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer from Barcelona during the summer, collected 613 points, with Bayern Munich’s Lewandowski, named best striker on Monday, getting 580.
Jorginho, who won the Champions League with Chelsea and the European Championship with Italy, ended up third on 460, ahead of France’s Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante in fourth and fifth places respectively.
Alexia Putellas became the third winner of the women’s award for an outstanding season with Barcelona and Spain.
Here is the top – 30 of the 2021 Ballon d’Or
1st – Lionel Messi
2nd – Robert Lewandowski
3rd – Jorginho
4th – Karim Benzema
5th – N’Golo Kante
6th – Cristiano Ronaldo
7th – Mohamed Salah
8th – Kevin De Bruyne
9th – Kylian Mbappe
10th – Gianluigi Donnarumma
11th – Erling Haaland
12th – Romelu Lukaku
13th – Giorgio Chiellini
14th – Leonardo Bonucci
15th – Raheem Sterling
16th – Neymar
17th – Luis Suarez
18th – Simon Kjaer
19th – Mason Mount
20th – Riyad Mahrez
21st – Lautaro Martinez & Bruno Fernandes
23rd – Harry Kane
24th – Pedri
25th – Phil Foden
26th – Gerard Moreno, Ruben Dias & Nico Barrella
29th – Cesar Azpilicueta & Luka Modric
List of all winners during the 2021 Ballon d’Or awards ceremony:
- Kopa trophy (best player under 21) – Barcelona’s Pedri
Best Striker of the Year award – Bayern Munich’s Lewandoski
- Women’s Ballon d’Or 2021 – Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas
- Yachine Trophy 2021 – PSG’s Gianluigi Donnarumma
- Men’s Ballon d’Or 2021 – PSG’s Lionel Messi.
- Club of the Year award – Chelsea
