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The Argentine star and Paris Saint-Germain striker Lionel Messi was crowned with the Ballon d'Or award for the best player in the world for the year 2021, overtaking his competitors from the world's football stars for the seventh time in his history.
The 34-year-old Messi was crowned with the 65th edition of the Ballon d'Or award, awarded by France Football magazine, after his superiority over the Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich striker, enhancing his record as the most decorated player with the award and widening the difference with his Portuguese rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the Golden Ball 5 times. .
During the awards ceremony held at the Théâtre du Chatelet in the French capital, Paris, Robert Lewandowski, the Polish striker for Bayern Munich, won the Player of the Year award 2021, after his success last season in breaking the legend Gerd Muller’s number of goals for the player in the German League during one season, where he scored 41 goals.
The Spanish player Pedri of Barcelona won the Cuban award for the best young player in the world for the year 2021, outperforming many young talents, led by German Jamal Musiyala of Bayern Munich and his compatriot Florian Vertes of Bayer Leverkusen and the Borussia Dortmund duo consisting of the Englishman Judd Bellingham and the American Gio Reina alongside the Portuguese Nuno Mendes. Paris Saint-Germain player.
The Yashin award for the best goalkeeper in the world went to Gianluigi Donnarumma.
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