For the fifth time in his illustrious career, Lionel Messi has taken home the highly-coveted Ballon d’Or award as the world’s best soccer player in 2015.
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The stats tell part of the story as Messi had an incredible year to beat out Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar for the award.
#Messi: 52 goals and 26 assists in 61 games for club and country in 2015, most goals + assists among the #BallondOr finalists last year
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 11, 2016
This is the Argentine’s first award since an unbelievable four year run winning it from 2009-2012. Messi is also the only player to have won the award more than three times.