Argentina striker Lionel Messi has won the prestigious Ballon d'Or Award for the sixth time. With this, he has created history. Messi became the first player in the world to win this title for the most times. In this case, Leon Messi has beaten the legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. Football celebrities attended this award ceremony held in Paris. During this time Lionel Messi was awarded the Ballon d'Or Award for a record sixth time. France Football Magazine nominated 30 players from around the world for the award, including Lionel Messi of Argentina and Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus, Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have won the award five times before, but Argentina's Messi has now overtaken them. Lionel Messi won this award four times in a row from 2009 to 2012, while in 2015 he was awarded the title for the last time. At the same time, he has created history by winning the Ballon d'Or Award again in 2019. This is the fourth major title of the year for Messi.

Lionel Messi has won many big awards in the year 2019. Messi has won titles such as Golden Shoe, FIFA Best Player of the Year, Best Player Award in La Liga and UEFA Forward of the Year. This can be gauged by how golden this year has been for Messi. By the end of the year, Messi has won another Golden Trophy. The defending champion of this award was Luca Modric, who broke the tradition of Ronaldo and Messi.