Last night, Lionel Messi was crowned the best footballer in the world for the year 2019 in Paris, winning the title as his sixth Ballon d’Or award.
Messi took the prize home, ahead of Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool and Juventus forward, Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Argentine picked up 686 voting points to Van Dijk’s 679.
A top journalist in each FIFA-registered country, is given a vote card to choose his/her five top players.
Sam Audu of Score Nigeria was selected from Nigeria. And, he picked Messi, Van Dijk, Ronaldo, Mbappe and Mane in that order.
England’s voter, Henry Winter, picked van Dijk as his No.1, with Messi, Ronaldo, Raheem Sterling and Alisson his other selections.
TOTAL POINTS:
1. Lionel Messi – 686pts
2. Virgil van Dijk – 679pts
3. Cristiano Ronaldo – 476pts
4. Sadio Mane – 347pts
5. Mohamed Salah 178pts
