![Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or by record margin as Barcelona dominate voting | Barcelona | The Guardian Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or by record margin as Barcelona dominate voting | Barcelona | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Football/Clubs/Club%20Home/2009/5/27/1243457118582/Lionel-Messi-001.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctYWdlLTIwMDkucG5n&enable=upscale&s=eea0014982f97ebf8c85d0ff3ab4b615)
Lionel Messi wins Ballon d'Or by record margin as Barcelona dominate voting | Barcelona | The Guardian
![UEFA Champions League on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 2009, Leo Messi - then only 22 - won the Ballon d'Or award for the first time. 🏆💪 #UCL https://t.co/NSair1Aunn" / Twitter UEFA Champions League on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 2009, Leo Messi - then only 22 - won the Ballon d'Or award for the first time. 🏆💪 #UCL https://t.co/NSair1Aunn" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DP9SEExXUAE2VFK.jpg)
UEFA Champions League on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 2009, Leo Messi - then only 22 - won the Ballon d'Or award for the first time. 🏆💪 #UCL https://t.co/NSair1Aunn" / Twitter
![Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2017, including Ronaldo, Messi and Owen – talkSPORT Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2017, including Ronaldo, Messi and Owen – talkSPORT](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/12/ballondor2009.jpg?strip=all&quality=40&w=700)
Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2017, including Ronaldo, Messi and Owen – talkSPORT
![Lionel Messi, déjà consacré par le Ballon d'or 2009, réalise le doublé en décrochant, à 23 ans, le Ballon d'or 2010, qui lui a été remis le 10 janvier 2011 à Zü - Purepeople Lionel Messi, déjà consacré par le Ballon d'or 2009, réalise le doublé en décrochant, à 23 ans, le Ballon d'or 2010, qui lui a été remis le 10 janvier 2011 à Zü - Purepeople](https://static1.purepeople.com/articles/3/71/61/3/@/540034-lionel-messi-deja-consacre-par-le-950x0-1.jpg)
Lionel Messi, déjà consacré par le Ballon d'or 2009, réalise le doublé en décrochant, à 23 ans, le Ballon d'or 2010, qui lui a été remis le 10 janvier 2011 à Zü - Purepeople
![B/R Football on Twitter: "On this day in 2009, Leo Messi won his first Ballon d'Or beating second-placed Cristiano Ronaldo by 240 points. 12 years later, Messi has his seventh 🤩 https://t.co/kTuJyYHxSY" / B/R Football on Twitter: "On this day in 2009, Leo Messi won his first Ballon d'Or beating second-placed Cristiano Ronaldo by 240 points. 12 years later, Messi has his seventh 🤩 https://t.co/kTuJyYHxSY" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFhThfHX0AAm3aR.jpg:large)
B/R Football on Twitter: "On this day in 2009, Leo Messi won his first Ballon d'Or beating second-placed Cristiano Ronaldo by 240 points. 12 years later, Messi has his seventh 🤩 https://t.co/kTuJyYHxSY" /
![FC Barcelona on Twitter: "#OnThisDay | December 1, 2009 10 years ago today, a 22-year-old phenom named Lionel #Messi was awarded his first Ballon d'Or. It would not be his last. 🐐 FC Barcelona on Twitter: "#OnThisDay | December 1, 2009 10 years ago today, a 22-year-old phenom named Lionel #Messi was awarded his first Ballon d'Or. It would not be his last. 🐐](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EKsJXc-WkAAAAxH.jpg:large)