Do you Know Why Lionel Messi on top of the world ? Lionel Messi bring six trophies for Barcelona for this season.The Messiah won the award for the first time, beating last year's winner Cristiano Ronaldo, his two clubmates Andres Iniesta and Xavi and Brazil midfielder Kaka. He was presented with the trophy at a glittering awards gala in Zurich.
The XI, voted for by members of the international professional footballers' union FIFPro, were: 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).
Lionel Messi said: "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's award, which is voted for by the coaches and captains of each national side, appeared to be entirely based on his club form as his performances for Argentina, under coach Diego Maradona, were largely disappointing.
Argentina struggled to qualify for the World Cup and their results this year included a 6-1 hammering in Bolivia and defeats by Paraguay and Ecuador.
Before the ceremony, Lionel Messi told reporters he could not explain why he failed to perform at the same level for his country.
"I don't know," he said. "I try to do the same as I do for Barcelona. But the World Cup qualifiers are complicated, sometimes it's difficult to play and it was a big effort for us to qualify.
"I believe the World Cup could be completely different for us ... it could be better for me and Argentina."
Below List of
FIFA World Player of the Year winners :
• 1991 - Lothar Matthaeus (Germany)
• 1992 - Marco van Basten (Netherlands)
• 1993 - Roberto Baggio (Italy)
• 1994 - Romario (Brazil)
• 1995 - George Weah (Liberia)
• 1996 - Ronaldo (Brazil)
• 1997 - Ronaldo
• 1998 - Zinedine Zidane (France)
• 1999 - Rivaldo (Brazil)
• 2000 - Zidane
• 2001 - Luis Figo (Portugal)
• 2002 - Ronaldo
• 2003 - Zidane
• 2004 - Ronaldinho (Brazil)
• 2005 - Ronaldinho
• 2006 - Fabio Cannavaro (Italy)
• 2007 - Kaka (Brazil)
• 2008 - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 2009 - Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Comparing Messi and Ronaldo on hard statistics
The numbers rarely lies, and these updated statistics for the two players, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, helps you determine which the better soccer player in the World Cup 2010.
| Lionel Messi
| Cristiano Ronaldo
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Height
| 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
| 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
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Age
| 22 (24th June 1987)
| 24 (5th February 1985)
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Appearances on National team
| 41 (ARG)
| 68 (POR)
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Goals for National team
| 13 (ARG)
| 22 (POR)
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Appearances in club, total
| 178
| 332
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Goals in club, total
| 91
| 134
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Goals in club, 2009-2010
| 11
| 11
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Goals in club, 2008-2009
| 38
| 26
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Goals in club, 2007-2008
| 16
| 42
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Goals pr. appearance
| 0.51
| 0.40
|