Soccerblog has been following the trail of Messi’s Ballon d’Or wins with a tremendously high degree of accuracy.Here are previous blogposts on the Ballon d’Or’s that Messi won..
His first one in 2009
His second in 2010
A hat trick of Ballon d’Or’s in 2011
Ballon d’Or number 4 in 2012
He took a break and let some other guys win it for a change over the next couple of years.
He won his 5th one in 2015
He took another 3 year break and came back to win his 6th one in 2019
Ballon d’Or number 7 came in 2021
And the 8th one (drum roll..) .
He incidentally also became the first player from the MLS to win the Ballon d’Or.
The record of 8 wins will be a long time in the breaking ..if ever.