AT THE AGE OF TWENTY FOUR YEARS LIONEL M ESSI HAD WON THREE BALLOON d;OR

 The Argentinean striker Lionel Messi who has been playing his club football in Spain with Barcelona.

 Now by the time he was a 24, twenty four years old   footballer he had already won three Balloon d' Or a

And he is the only footballer in football history to win the Balloon d'r  four times in a row.

 Only the Brazilian lady striker Martha has won the Balloon d 'Or five times in a row.

 Lionel Messi is alo the ony footballer in history to win the Balloon d 'Or six times in his career.

 Cristiano Ronaldo has  won the Balloon d ;Or five times.