Messi beats Van Dijk to win the Ballon d’Or award – See top 10 list

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Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best player for a record sixth time.

It is the 32-year-old Argentine’s first Ballon d’Or since 2015 and comes after he scored 54 times for club and country in 2018-19, in which Barca won La Liga.

Virgil van Dijk was second – one of four Liverpool players in the top seven, including Sadio Mane in fourth.

Juventus and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, who has won the award five times, was third in the voting.

The top 10

  1. Lionel Messi
  2. Virgil van Dijk
  3. Cristiano Ronaldo
  4. Sadio Mane
  5. Mo Salah
  6. Kylian Mbappe
  7. Alisson
  8. Robert Lewandowski
  9. Bernardo Silva
  10. Riyad Mahrez