Lionel Messi has won a record 8 Ballon d'Ors (Golden Balls) for European Player of the Year and also holds the record for the most 2 FIFA World Cup Golden Balls, awarded to the best player at the tournament, making him the only player to win it twice (2014 & 2022). He also has 6 European Golden Shoes, a separate award for top scorer, notes Wikipedia and this Facebook post.
Winners. Lionel Messi won the most Ballons d'Or in history, with eight wins in three different decades. He is also the record holder for most consecutive wins, with four between 2009 and 2012. Cristiano Ronaldo has been nominated for the Ballon d'Or a record eighteen times, and is a five-time winner.
Messi currently holds the record for most Ballon d'Ors with eight (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023), while five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo has the most nominations with 18.
The individual trophies Ronaldo has won also testify to his exceptional talents – among many others he has won the Golden Ball five times, the Golden Boot four times, and no fewer than eleven Globe Soccer Awards – he is also known for his impressive record in three of the most competitive European Championships, the ...
Lionel Messi is the all-time record winner of the award, having won it six times overall. He also holds the record for most goals and most points in a single season—50 and 100 respectively, in 2011–12. Cristiano Ronaldo is second on the all-time list, having won four Golden Shoes, as well as two consecutively.
The "GOAT" (Greatest Of All Time) in football is a subjective debate, but Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are overwhelmingly considered the top contenders, with Messi often edging out due with recent major wins like the 2022 World Cup, though Ronaldo's longevity and dominance in multiple leagues also make a strong case, with many legends and publications naming Messi as #1. Other historical greats like Pelé and Maradona are also part of the conversation.
Ten years ago today, Lionel Messi helped himself to four goals against Espanyol, taking his league tally past 50. He would finish the domestic and European season with a combined 73. We relive the season he broke all records.
Messi will score 900th goal in 2026. Can he reach 1,000? Can he pass Ronaldo? Lionel Messi is never far from breaking his next record or hitting his next landmark, and he enters 2026 on the verge of yet another massive milestone in his incredible career: his 900th goal.
A rumor suggested that Ronaldo performed 3,000 sit-ups daily to maintain his abs, but he dismissed this as exaggerated. As he prepared for CR7 Crunch Fitness, he clarified that he does sit-ups 4-5 times a week, with a minimum of 200-300 each session.
The Super Ballon d'Or (French: Super Ballon d'Or) is the name of a prize that was awarded only once on 24 December 1989, by the French magazine France Football for the best football player of the previous three decades. It is even more exclusive than the prestigious Ballon d'Or.
The 1,000-goal milestone
Few numbers carry the weight of four digits, and Cristiano Ronaldo is closing in. The Al-Nassr forward currently sits on 957 official goals, leaving him 43 short of 1,000, a mark no player has ever reached.
All-time goals, career statistics and red cards
🗣️ "In fact, we contacted Messi at the end of his contract in Paris." "We presented him with an offer of 💲1.5 million euros, but the player rejected it because his family wanted to live in Miami." 🗣️ "It's surprising that a player could decline an offer for the sake of his family." He managed to convince his family, ...
🐐 — 91 goals: Leo Messi alone in 2012 ✅ — 92 goals: Mbappe + Haaland in 2025 Despite their incredible form, Erling Haaland & Kylian Mbappé have combined for only one more goal in 2025 than Lionel Messi scored alone in 2012! 🥶 A reminder of how historic Messi's record breaking year truly was!
As long as he stays healthy and the team does well, he can get there. So let's say he reaches 900 goals by the end of this year. If the sources are true, Messi can play for another 3 more years. For him to reach 1,000 career goals, he'll have to average 33.3333 goals per year to reach that milestone.
Soccer superstar Lionel Messi has been considered one of the best players to have ever played the sport. He's earned the nickname, 'The GOAT,' the greatest of all time.
Can Everyone Get Sculpted 6-Pack Abs? The short answer: unfortunately, no. “Visible abs are very difficult to achieve for those of us who aren't genetically blessed,” says Dickerson. “Everyone's muscles are built differently.
Mike Tyson's Calisthenics Routine
As distinct from most present-day athletes, Tyson's regular routine was way more focused on callisthenics than on weightlifting. His daily session of body-weight exercises included; 500 pushups. 500 dips.
Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. is already standing around 6'3” at just 14 years old, now taller than his dad, who's 6'1” 🤯 That growth spurt in just one year is wild 😭🔥
With more than 1000 goals in his career, Romario is the world's 2nd highest scorer. Legendary football player, qualifying as the world's best footballer, Pele's goal record, yet could not have been breakon. Pele, who scored a total of 1281 goals during his football career, very difficult to break this record.
- Messi has set the world record for a goals in a single calendar year, with a grand total of 91, beating the previous all-time best set in 1972 by Germany and Bayern's Gert Müller, who got 85. The Argentinian got 79 goals for Barça and another 12 for his national team.
Ronaldo's Diet
With a clear focus on consistency, Ronaldo rarely indulges in food, using it more as fuel for his body to help him perform in matches. This means he eats a high-protein diet, along with plenty of wholegrain carbs, fruits and vegetables – while avoiding sugary or processed foods.
127127. Pele extraordinarily scored 127 goals for Santos in one calendar year: 1959.
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates his 800th club career goal.
Lionel Messi's 50 La Liga Goals Season by Harry Cooney
Visualisation and analysis of the 50 league goals scored in a single season by the football GOAT, Lionel Messi.