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Ballon d'Or 2016 - Nine years of dominance: How the Messi-Ronaldo balance of power has shifted - Eurosport
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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
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How Lionel Messi won incredible SEVEN Ballon d'Or titles to stake his claim as the GOAT ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo | The Irish Sun
![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" /
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