<h5>How many Ballon d'Ors has Lionel Messi won?</h5><p>Lionel Messi, who plays for Inter Miami CF, has won the Ballon d'Or for a record eighth time after winning the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsahoot.com/articles/argentina-wins-the-fifa-world-cup-2022">2022 World Cup</a> with Argentina. Messi is the first Major League Soccer (MLS) player to win the award. MLS is the name of the football league held in the USA.</p><p>Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham presented the award to Messi in Paris. Manchester City’s Erling Haaland finished second in the Ballon d'Or list. Even before the recent award, no player had won the trophy as many times as Messi. He has won the trophy in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, and 2021.</p><p>The closest ones to him are Cristiano Ronaldo (5 titles), Michel Platini, Johan Cruyff, and Marco van Basten (with 3 awards each).</p><h5>What is the Ballon d'Or?</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/lionel-messi-wins-ballon-d-or-2023%2FMessi%20and%20Aitana.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=2ecdcafb-f68d-457c-a76e-777a9e346c4b&amp;_gl=1*14ukr2z*_ga*MTIzNjQ0ODg2NS4xNjgzNzk5MjMy*_ga_CW55HF8NVT*MTY5ODgxOTg1OS4yODMuMS4xNjk4ODIwODg5LjcuMC4w"><figcaption>Lionel Messi and Aitana Bonmatí with their awards. Photo by Ballon d'Or #ballondor</figcaption></figure><p>The Ballon d'Or is an annual football award given by the French magazine France Football. The first award was given in 1956. The first Ballon d'Or in 1956 was won by Stanley Matthews (a legendary English footballer). The Ballon d'Or is considered the most prestigious individual award in football.</p><p>The winners of the Ballon d'Or do not get the original trophy. Instead, they get a replica, which is generally kept at their respective clubs or club museums. From 2010 to 2015, the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year. So it was renamed the FIFA Ballon d'Or. This tie-up ended in 2016.</p><p>Along with the Ballon d'Or, other awards are also presented, like the Ballon d'Or Féminin, also known as the Women's Ballon d'Or. The Women's Ballon d'Or was first given in 2018.</p><h5>What other awards were given?</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/lionel-messi-wins-ballon-d-or-2023%2FAitana.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=4cc7616a-4feb-4473-8288-a3a085753d79&amp;_gl=1*rqsuw2*_ga*MTIzNjQ0ODg2NS4xNjgzNzk5MjMy*_ga_CW55HF8NVT*MTY5ODgxOTg1OS4yODMuMS4xNjk4ODIwNzcyLjQxLjAuMA.."><figcaption>Aitana Bonmatí with the Ballon d’Or Féminin trophy. Photo by&nbsp;<br>Ballon d'Or #ballondor</figcaption></figure><p>Various other awards were also presented during the Ballon d'Or 2023 award ceremony. The other awards and winners are:</p><ul><li>Ballon d’Or Féminin - Aitana Bonmatí</li><li>Kopa Trophy for the best male U-21 - Jude Bellingham</li><li>Yachine (Yashin) Trophy for the best male goalkeeper - Emiliano Martínez</li><li>Gerd Müller Trophy for the highest-scoring male striker - Erling Haaland</li><li>Sócrates Award to acknowledge humanitarian work - Vinicius Junior</li><li>Club of the Year - Manchester City and FC Barcelona Femení</li></ul><p>Let’s congratulate all the winners. So, which player and team do you support in football? Tell us in the comments.</p>

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