By Andrea Espinoza
31 Oct 2023, 10:22 AM EDT
It will take many years for the name of Leonel Messi to stop being the most important in the world of football.today he once again enhanced his already brilliant history.
The Argentine won his eighth Ballon d’Or which awards him as “The best player in the world”, according to France Football magazine. In a ceremony held in Paris, Messi received the award to close a career in top-level football full of successes and records that are practically insurmountable. The Astro gave a heartfelt speech after receiving his surely last Ballon d’Or.
“Haaland having had a spectacular year, having achieved everything, I have no doubt that in the coming years they will win this award. I see a lot of young people here, today I’m late from another side and I have no doubt that I’m going to enjoy good football for a long time, because of the type of players I see tonight, I’m lucky to have been here for many years. Gala and the players leave, they renew themselves, but the level never drops so we are going to enjoy many more years. I want to make a special mention to all the people who followed me throughout my career because of how they experienced this World Cup, “the desire I had for me to be world champion, for me to achieve my dream, the only one I was missing, thank God, I received a lot of love and it was very special that many people of different nationalities want Argentina to be world champion,” It was part of the soccer star’s speech.
David Beckham, the current president of Inter Miami and Messi’s boss, was in charge of announcing and presenting him with the award. to the biggest star in world football, this recognition comes 14 years after the first one received in 2009, an unequivocal sign of Leo Messi’s impressive sporting longevity.
Which MLS players have received Ballon d’Or?
Before Messi, the MLS had had three players win the Ballon d’Or in his league. The Brazilian Ricardo Kakathe German Lothar Matthaus and the bulgarian Hristo Stoichkov, although all three arrived in the United States league years after obtaining the highest award.
Kaká won it in 2007 after winning the Champions League with Milan and signed for Orlando in 2015. Matthaus won it in 1990 as World Champion with Germany and signed for New York Metro Stars in 2000. Stoichkov obtained it in 1994 when he played for Barcelona, and signed in 2000 for the Chicago Fire.
The MLS also celebrated Messi for making history in Paris and defined him as the “best ever.”
“Another award for the best ever. “Lionel Messi wins the 2023 Ballon d’Or,” MLS wrote on its social networks.
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