Argentina silent and does not fast on consecutive awards for Messi in the log Golden Stars FIFA

At a special ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, announced the International Federation of Football for Barcelona win the star of Argentina's Lionel Messi Golden Ball award for the preceding year, 2010, ahead of his colleagues in Barcelona and world champions Spain with Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta.

And the prize is the beginning of a series merge clinched player of the year of the FIFA Golden Ball France Football magazine, and has entered the "Flea" the history of the wider doors by winning the first edition of it, but it was not the only thing that occupied by the owner of the 23-year-old.

For the second time gets Messi Award presented by FIFA after winning the award for player of the year by FIFA for a year before 2009, and is what has happened only twice with two stars Brazilians are Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, in addition to that Messi remains the Argentine was the only one who received the FIFA award .

Here's a list of the record and the Golden Award for FIFA's player of the year before their integration into the Golden Ball award


1991
Winner: Luther Matthaeus (Germany - Inter)
Runner-up: Jean-Pierre Papin (France - Marseille)
Third: Gary Lineker (England - Tottenham Hotspur)

1992
Winner: Marco van Basten (Netherlands - Milan)
Runner-up: Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria - Barcelona)
III: Thomas Haller (Germany - Rome)

1993
Winner: Roberto Baggio (Italy - Juventus)
Runner-up: Romario (Brazil - PSV Eindhoven / Barcelona)
Third: Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands - Ajax / Inter)

1994
Winner: Romario (Brazil - Barcelona)
Runner-up: Hristo Stoichkov (Bulgaria - Barcelona)
Third: Roberto Baggio (Italy - Juventus)

1995
Winner: George Weah (Liberia - Milan)
Runner-up: Paolo Maldini (Italy - Milan)
III: Jurgen Klinsmann (Germany - Tottenham / Bayern Munich)

1996
Winner: Ronaldo (Brazil - PSV Eindhoven / Barcelona)
Runner-up: George Weah (Liberia - Milan)
Third: Alan Shearer (England - Blackburn / Newcastle)

1997
Winner: Ronaldo (Brazil - Barcelona / Inter)
Runner-up: Roberto Carlos (Brazil - Real Madrid)
Third: Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands - Arsenal) / Zinedine Zidane (France - Juventus)

1998
Winner: Zinedine Zidane (France - Juventus)
Runner-up: Ronaldo (Brazil - Inter)
III: Davor Shukor (Croatia - Real Madrid)

1999
Winner: Rivaldo (Brazil - Barcelona)
Runner-up: David Beckham (England - Manchester United)
Third: Gabriel Batistuta (Argentina - Fiorentina)

2000
Winner: Zinedine Zidane (France - Juventus)
Runner-up: Luis Figo (Portugal - Barcelona / Real Madrid)
III: Rivaldo (Brazil - Barcelona)

2001
Winner: Luis Figo (Portugal - Real Madrid)
Runner-up: David Beckham (England - Manchester United)
III: Raul Gonzalez Blanco (Spain - Real Madrid)

2002
Winner: Ronaldo (Brazil - Inter / Real Madrid)
Runner-up: Oliver Kahn (Germany - Bayern Munich)
III: Zinedine Zidane (France - Real Madrid)

2003
Winner: Zinedine Zidane (France - Real Madrid)
Runner-up: Thierry Henry (France - Arsenal)
III: Ronaldo (Brazil - Real Madrid)

2004
Winner: Ronaldinho (Brazil - Barcelona)
Runner-up: Thierry Henry (France - Arsenal)
III: Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine - Milan)

2005
Winner: Ronaldinho (Brazil - Barcelona)
Runner-up: Frank Lampard (England - Chelsea)
III: Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon - Barcelona)

2006
Winner: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy - Juventus / Real Madrid)
Runner-up: Zinedine Zidane (France - Real Madrid)
III: Ronaldinho (Brazil - Barcelona)

2007
Winner: Ricardo Kaka (Brazil - AC Milan)
Runner-up: Lionel Messi (Argentina - Barcelona)
III: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal - Manchester United)

2008
Winner: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal - Manchester United)
Runner-up: Lionel Messi (Argentina - Barcelona)
III: Fernando Torres (Spain - Liverpool)

2009
Winner: Lionel Messi (Argentina - Barcelona)
Runner-up: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal - Manchester United / Real Madrid)
III: Xavi Hernandez (Spain - Barcelona