He beat Xavi and Ronaldo and a whole host of other players.
Ballon D'or means ' Golden Football' in french. To win it, certain
people have to vote for the winner. Messi is the fourth player to
win it three times including Johan Cruyff, Michel Platini and
Marco van Basten. Messi is only 24 and we will expect him to win a
lot more in the years to come.
With seven awards each, Dutch and German players have won it the most.
Juventus and AC Milan are the clubs with the most winners, (Van basten, Platini, Kaka,Ruud Gillit
Baggio, Zidane,Shevchenko)
As we enter a new year every player will be striving to do well in Euro 2012
Champions League etc.
