Lionel Messi Won The Inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe Award And 24-year-old Already The World Footballer Of The Year.
MONACO (Reuters) Lionel Messi won the inaugural UEFA Best Player in Europe award on Thursday and finishing ahead of Barcelona team mate Xavi and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo and the vote for conducted by sports journalists representing each of UEFA's member associations was organised with the idea of reviving the spirit of a former European Footballer of the Year award which is now known as the Ballon D'Or and organised by a soccer's ruling body FIFA.
Messi is the overwhelming winner of a collected his prize during the Champions League group-stage draw at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and the Argentine international hit 53 goals last season, including 12 in the Champions League and he finished top scorer for the 3rd successive season.
Messi last European goal of a season was the 2nd in Barcelona's 3-1 final win over Manchester United in May and he also helped his club to a 3rd straight La Liga title and the 24-year-old already the World Footballer of the Year said, i keep all these awards at home and I still have some space for more of a thanks to my team mates for helping me achieve and the Barcelona meet Europa League winners Porto in a European Super Cup here Friday.
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