一年一度的国际足联表彰大会昨天进行，笑得最灿烂的是24岁的梅西，这位阿根廷队的队长、西甲巴萨的王牌杀手连续第三年将国际足联金球奖收入囊中。此前，只有巴西的罗纳尔多和法国的齐达内三次荣膺国际足联世界最佳球员，但都非连续当选。
2011年，注定属于梅西。巴萨的“五冠王”成为阿根廷人获奖最有说服力的资本。他的射门、过人、传球日臻化境，拥有极高的战术价值和观赏价值，同时，他在巴萨严密的系统中，是进球最多、个人创造机会最多的球员。
Already considered one of soccer's greats at age 24, Lionel Messi on Monday became the first to win FIFA player of the year three times in a row.
The Barcelona and Argentina forward received the FIFA Ballon d'Or award for 2011, beating club teammate Xavi Hernandez and Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.
"It's a huge honor," Messi said after accepting the trophy from retired Brazilian great Ronaldo.
The only other three-time winners are Ronaldo (1996-97, 2002) and Zinedine Zidane (1998, 2000, 2003). The FIFA award was renamed last year when it merged with France Football's Golden Ball.
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On a night of Barcelona dominance, Pep Guardiola was honored as men's coach of the year. He was chosen ahead of Real Madrid's Jose Mourinho and Manchester United's Alex Ferguson.
Messi scored 55 goals in 2011 for Barcelona, which won its third Champions League title in six seasons, and he had four goals for Argentina's national team. Barcelona won five trophies last year.
Messi received 48 percent of the points in votes cast by national team coaches and captains plus selected reporters. Cristiano Ronaldo finished second with 22 percent and Xavi had 9 percent to finish third for the third straight year.
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