Lionel Messi just won the FIFA Ballon d'Or award for the first time since 2012.
The Barcelona and Argentina sensation beat competition from Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar to be crowned the world's best player after a brilliant 2015.
Messi won the domestic treble with Barcelona in 2015—forming a lethal triple threat with Neymar and Luis Suarez—and scored 52 goals in 61 appearances for club and country. It is Messi's recordf fifth Ballon d'Or award.
Messi won his first Ballon d'Or in 2009 and has now picked it up four more times since it was rebranded as the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010.
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