The 24 year old Barcelona and Argentina forward, Lionel Messi,
today Monday January 9th became the first footballer to
win FIFA Player of the Year three times in a row.
Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo was second
in the vote for the 2011 FIFA Ballon D’Or and
Messi’s Barcelona team mate Xavi Hernandez came third.
Barcelona’s Pep Guardiola won the coach’s award ahead
of Manchester United’s Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho
of Real Madrid. Ferguson took the FIFA presidential
award for outstanding service to the sport.
