The Portuguese star, Cristiano Ronaldo, was second, at the sixth, Kaka was the best Brazilian.
The argentine striker Lionel Messi, 22, was voted best player of the last season by France Football magazine. The winner of the Ballon d'Or in 2009, one of the most important in world football, it was announced by the French publication on Monday (30).
Barcelona striker won the election with 473 points. The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid, won 233 and Spanish Xavi, from Barcelona, 170. Fellow Spaniard Andres Iniesta, Barcelona's too who totaled 149 points and finished in fourth place, ahead of Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o, Inter Milan, with 75 points.
Brazilian Kaka, Real Madrid, was sixth with 58 points.
Cristiano Ronaldo is Golden Ball in 2008 and Kaka took the title in 2007.
Messi is the third youngest player to receive the award, Ronaldo took it at the 21 years, and for the English star Michael Owen, at 22. The Barcelona player is the first Argentine without dual nationality to win the Ballon d'Or. Alfredo di Stefano and Sívori had also won the award, but after having obtained the Spanish and Italian nationality, respectively.
The Argentine is also favorite to take an award for the player of the year by FIFA, which has a vote of coaches and captains of teams from around the world.
Among the players voted this year by the panel of 70 journalists from around the world are five Brazilians: Kaka, Luis Fabiano (16), Julio Cesar (21), Maicon (24th) and Diego (25).
Barcelona have had seven players in the most votes: Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Zlatan Ibrahimovic (7, coming from Inter Milan), Thierry Henry (15) and Yaya Toure (28) .
Born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Messi is nicknamed "Flea" and began playing football as a child, in the divisions of the Newell's Old Boys, where he spent the River Plate.
In 2000, Messi joined Barcelona, where he excelled in the Spanish team, and played for the first time in the first team in 2003, beginning thus his glorious professionl career.
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