LIONEL MESSI HAS WON SEVEN BALLOON d'OR'S ALL ON HIS OWN

  Lionel Messi has gone and won seven Balloon 'd Or's in his glittering career .

 He won his first Balloon d'or   at 19 ears of age the youngest. And by the time he was 25 years old he had won four Balloon d;Or  And he is the only footballer ever to win four Balloon d'Or  in a row.

 Only the Brazilian lady footballer Martha , also nick named  Pele  in a petticoat, has won five ladies Balloon d'Or  in a row.

 Now Lionel Messi has won the balloon d or  on his own skill and merit .

While Cristiano Ronaldo  needs  the team to help him win trophies  and the Balloon d;Or.