Tuesday, 22nd December 2009

Lionel Messi has been named the Fifa Fifpro World Player of the Year after an absolutely magnificent campaign, where he helped his club win an unprecedented six trophies. The 22-year-old Argentinean beat the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and Barcelona team-mates Xavi and Andres Iniesta to win the award.

“I’m extremely happy. We’ve just ended a historic year, a perfect year in which we’ve won every competition we’ve played in. We just needed to take this last step and everything has worked out how we wanted. It’s amazing,” Messi said at the awards ceremony held in Zurich.

The Fifa World XI, as voted upon by fellow international professional footballers, was also presented during the awards. The following was the selection: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), John Terry (Chelsea), Nemanja Vidic (Man Utd), Patrice Evra (Man Utd), Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Xavi (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Fernando Torres (Liverpool).

 

 

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