How much does Lionel Messi Get the Ballon d’Or Trophy? Based on Transfermarkt data, La Pulga – Lionel Messi’s nickname – has won a total of seven Ballon d’Or titles which he won in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2021.
The Argentine superstar was first awarded the Ballon d’Or trophy in 2009 while still in Barcelona uniform. After that, Lionel Messi again added to his collection of prestigious trophies from France Football for three consecutive years, namely in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
The series of Ballon d’Or trophies while still playing for Barcelona stopped for two years, namely in 2013 and 2014. After that, Lionel Messi won his fifth Ballon d’Or trophy again in 2015 while still playing for the Blaugrana – Barcelona’s nickname.
Lionel Messi won his last Ballon d’Or trophy as a Barcelona player in 2019 or his sixth trophy. The Argentine national team superstar also decided to move to the French giant club, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in 2021.
After moving to PSG, Lionel Messi immediately won his seventh Ballon d’Or trophy in 2021. With a total of seven trophies, the 36-year-old megastar became the king of the Ballon d’Or, aka the winner of the most Ballon d’Or titles in the history of world football.
Lionel Messi managed to beat his eternal rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has so far won five Ballon d’Or trophies. Cristiano Ronaldo sealed the five Ballon d’Or trophies in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017.
During that period, Lionel Messi competed very closely with Cristiano Ronaldo in the race for the Ballon d’Or trophy. Apart from them, there were also Luka Modric and Karim Benzema who had enlivened the competition.
This year, Lionel Messi is again on the list of the top 30 nominees to win the 2023 Ballon d’Or title. The 2023 Ballon d’Or award itself will be announced on October 30 2023. La Pulga is also the favourite to win this year, competing closely with Erling Haaland.
One of the reasons, Lionel Messi succeeded in bringing the Argentine national team to win the 2022 World Cup title. If he is able to win the trophy in the 2023 edition, La Pulga will win the eighth Ballon d’Or title in his career.
