Lionel Messi set a series of unprecedented records in history after winning the 2023 Golden Ball.
On October 31, Lionel Messi was officially named at the 2023 Golden Ball award. The 36-year-old superstar excellently surpassed Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe to reach the podium for the 8th time – extending the record. of him being the player who won the most Golden Balls in history.
This is a completely worthy achievement for Messi personally – who carried Argentina to the 2022 World Cup championship in Qatar.
Messi won the 8th Golden Ball of his career. Photo: GETTY
After being announced as this year’s Golden Ball winner, El Pulga also set a series of unprecedented records that will probably not be broken in the near future.
Accordingly, Messi became the first player to win the Golden Ball while playing outside of Europe, and also the first player in the history of the American Professional League to win this noble award.
Messi is the oldest player to win the Golden Ball (36 years old).
Next, M10 is the first player to win the Golden Ball while playing for 3 different clubs (Barcelona, PSG and Inter Miami).
Messi became the player with the longest gap between winning the Golden Ball twice (first in 2009 and this year in 2023).
The Argentine captain is the player with the most number of times in the top 3 Golden Balls.
Messi is the player with the most Golden Ball voting points.
In particular, Messi was the only player who did not want to attend the award ceremony even though he knew he had received the Golden Ball because he had so many titles and was busy on vacation with his family (before that he wanted the Organizing Committee to send The golden ball came to my house).
Messi set a series of records after winning the 2023 Golden Ball. Photo: France Football
Obviously, the series of records mentioned above further enhance Lionel Messi’s greatness in soccer. This is also a reward for the 36-year-old superstar’s tireless efforts and never giving up.
With extremely massive individual and collective titles, it is no exaggeration to say that Messi is the greatest player in world football history.
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