Footballupdates.org » Footballer of the Year http://footballupdates.org Football News That Matters Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:54:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 South American Messi Wins European Player of the Year http://footballupdates.org/south-american-messi-wins-european-player-of-the-year http://footballupdates.org/south-american-messi-wins-european-player-of-the-year#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:17:46 +0000 admin http://footballupdates.org/?p=1296   [ Read More ]]]> Spanish La Liga and Argentine forward Lionel Messi has scooped up the much sought after Ballon d’Or award for the European Player of the Year.

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Messi said:

“I’m happy to have won, and on top of it all by a wide majority”

The award is decided by a poll of world football journalists from a shortlist of 30 players.

Messi played a major role to help Barcelona won the treble of Champions League, Domestic League and the Cup last season.

The prize was only open to European footballers until 1995 later the rules were changed to include players from the rest of the world.

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