Mshambulizi wa Barcelona na timu ya taifa ya Argentina Lionel
Messi ameshinda tuzo ya Ballon d'Or kwa mwaka wa nne mfululizo.
Messi, 25, alifunga jumla ya magoli 91 mwaka wa 2012 na aliwashinda wachezaji wengine Andres Iniesta wa Barcelona na Christiano Ronaldo wa Real Madrid.
Mapema kabisa nyota wa Italia Fabio Cannavaro akionesha bahasha yenye jina la(Leonel Messi) mchezaji bora wa mwaka tuzo ya Ballon d'or.
Messi akiipapasa zawadi yake wakati akitoa neno la shukrani
Leonel Messi akiwa ameshikilia tuzo ya Ballon d'or muda mfupi baada ya kukabidhiwa
Wakali walioingia tatu bora katika tuzo ya Ballon d'or 2012. Cristiano Ronaldo,Andre Iniesta na Messi
Washehereshaji Ruud Gullit naKay Murray
Messi akifanya vitu vyake na klabu yake ya Barcelona
Messi katika uzi wa timu ya Taifa lake Argentina
Licha ya kufunga idadi hiyo ya magoli, timu yake ya Barcelona haikunyakuwa kombe la ligi kuu ya Uhispania ay kombe la klabu bingwa barani Ulaya mwaka uliopita.
Abby Wambach, alishinda tuzo kwa upande wa kina dada naye Vicente del Bosque, akituzwa kuwa kocha bora.
Timu bora ya kwana ilijumuisha wachezaji wanaoshiriki katika ligi ya Uhispania pekee.
Messi alitangazwa mshindi wa tuzo hiyo ya the Ballon d'Or, tuzo ambayo hukabithiwa mchezaji bora wa mwaka katika sherehe iliyofanyika mjini Zurich
Messi alikuwa miongoni mwa wachezaji watatu walioteuliwa na jopo la wandishi wa habari na makocha wa timu za taifa, manaodha wa timu hiyo wakiwa ni pamoja na Iniesta na Ronaldo.
Mesi sasa ni mchezaji wa kwanza kuwahi kushinda tuzo hiyo ya Ballons d'Or, kwa miaka minne mfululizo, rekodi anayoshikilia na aliyekuwa mchezaji wa Ufaransa na rais wa UEFA kwa sasa Michel Platini.
Mchezaji wa Fernabahce Miroslav Stoch aliejishindia tuzo ya mfungaji wa goli bora la mwaka (FIFA Puskas Award) pembeni ni mchezaji wa zamani wa Colombia Carlos Valderrama.
Abby Wambach wa USA alishinda tuzo upande wa wanawake
Hii ndio timu bora ya mwaka 2012 ambayo ina wahispania watupu.
Kikosi cha wachezaji bora wa mwaka 2012
•Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)
•Dani Alves (Barcelona)
•Gerard Pique (Barcelona)
•Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
•Marcelo (Real Madrid)
•Andres Iniesta (Barcelona)
•Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)
•Xavi (Barcelona)
•Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
•Radamel Falcao (Atletico Madrid)
•Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
MESSI IN 2012: BY NUMBERS
What a year it has been for Lionel Messi. He broke Gerd Muller's 40-year-old record for the most goals in calendar year netting an astonishing 91 times. Aged only 24 he became the first person to score five goals in a single Champions League match in Barcelona's 7-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen in March. And he even started scoring for his country on a regular basis with 12 goals in nine matches for Argentina. Rightfully so he was awarded the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or for a third year in a row. Here Sportsmail unveils our Messi stats bonanza...
CLUB AND COUNTRY MATCHES
Total Barcelona matches: 63
Total Argentina matches: 11
Total matches combined: 74
Total Messi played: 69
Matches missed: 5
Total minutes of football Barcelona and Argentina played: 6,660
Total minutes Messi played: 5,973
Minutes missed: 687
LEAGUE DOMINATION
Total Barcelona league matches: 39
Total Messi played in: 38
Total Barcelona league minutes played: 3,510
Total Messi minutes: 3,361
Minutes missed: 149
The striker only failed to score in 10 of 39 league matches in 2012 – so he scored in 75% of Barcelona's league games.
HOW
Goals scored: 91
Left foot: 81
Right foot: 7
Head: 3
AREA
Inside the box: 78
Outside: 13
DEAD BALL
Penalty: 14
Free kick: 7
MINUTES
0-15 minutes: 5
16-30: 18
31-45: 14
46-60: 13
61-75: 17
76-90: 24
Messi didn't score a single goal in the first 10 minutes of matches at all last year.
TEAM
Barcelona: 79
Argentina: 12
COMPETITION
La Liga: 59
Champions League: 13
Copa del Rey: 5
Spanish Supercup: 2
World Cup Qualifiers: 5
Friendlies: 7
MONTH
January: 7
February: 10
March: 13
April: 9
May: 8
June: 4
July: 0
August: 7
September: 5
October: 10
November: 9
December: 9
DISTANCE
Average distance he scored from: 14.8 yards (or 13.5 metres)
TIME OF DAY
Day: 16 goals scored, 571 minutes played, 36 minutes per goal
Night: 75 goals scored, 5,402 minutes played, 72 minutes per goal
MESSI BINGO
There were 37 minutes of the 90 in a match that Messi didn't score in this season. These are the minutes Messi DIDN'T score in during 2012:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 30, 32, 36, 37, 38, 40, 46, 50, 53, 54, 55, 62, 66, 68, 69, 75, 82, 83, 87.
STADIUMSCamp Nou, Barcelona: 41 goals
Campo de Futbol de Vallecas, Madrid: 4
Campo de Futbol de Vallecas, Valencia: 4
Estadio Riazor, A Coruna: 3
Stade de Suisse, Bern: 3
MetLife Stadium, New York: 3
La Rosaleda, Malaga: 3
Iberostar Estado, Palma de Mallorca: 3
El Arcangel, Cordoba: 2
Coliseum Alfonso Perez, Getafe: 2
Vicente Calderon, Madrid: 2
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza: 2
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow: 2
Reyno de Navarra, Pamplona: 2
El Sardinero, Santander: 2
Benito Villamarin, Seville: 2
La Romareda, Zaragoza: 2
El Monumental, Buenos Aires: 1
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Cordoba: 1
Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt: 1
Celtic Park, Glasgow: 1
BayArena, Leverkusen: 1
Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid: 1
Nacional, Santiago de Chile: 1
Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville: 1
Jose Zorrilla, Valladolid: 1
CLUB AND COUNTRY MATCHES
Total Barcelona matches: 63
Total Argentina matches: 11
Total matches combined: 74
Total Messi played: 69
Matches missed: 5
Total minutes of football Barcelona and Argentina played: 6,660
Total minutes Messi played: 5,973
Minutes missed: 687
LEAGUE DOMINATION
Total Barcelona league matches: 39
Total Messi played in: 38
Total Barcelona league minutes played: 3,510
Total Messi minutes: 3,361
Minutes missed: 149
The striker only failed to score in 10 of 39 league matches in 2012 – so he scored in 75% of Barcelona's league games.
HOW
Goals scored: 91
Left foot: 81
Right foot: 7
Head: 3
AREA
Inside the box: 78
Outside: 13
DEAD BALL
Penalty: 14
Free kick: 7
MINUTES
0-15 minutes: 5
16-30: 18
31-45: 14
46-60: 13
61-75: 17
76-90: 24
Messi didn't score a single goal in the first 10 minutes of matches at all last year.
TEAM
Barcelona: 79
Argentina: 12
COMPETITION
La Liga: 59
Champions League: 13
Copa del Rey: 5
Spanish Supercup: 2
World Cup Qualifiers: 5
Friendlies: 7
MONTH
January: 7
February: 10
March: 13
April: 9
May: 8
June: 4
July: 0
August: 7
September: 5
October: 10
November: 9
December: 9
DISTANCE
Average distance he scored from: 14.8 yards (or 13.5 metres)
TIME OF DAY
Day: 16 goals scored, 571 minutes played, 36 minutes per goal
Night: 75 goals scored, 5,402 minutes played, 72 minutes per goal
MESSI BINGO
There were 37 minutes of the 90 in a match that Messi didn't score in this season. These are the minutes Messi DIDN'T score in during 2012:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 30, 32, 36, 37, 38, 40, 46, 50, 53, 54, 55, 62, 66, 68, 69, 75, 82, 83, 87.
STADIUMSCamp Nou, Barcelona: 41 goals
Campo de Futbol de Vallecas, Madrid: 4
Campo de Futbol de Vallecas, Valencia: 4
Estadio Riazor, A Coruna: 3
Stade de Suisse, Bern: 3
MetLife Stadium, New York: 3
La Rosaleda, Malaga: 3
Iberostar Estado, Palma de Mallorca: 3
El Arcangel, Cordoba: 2
Coliseum Alfonso Perez, Getafe: 2
Vicente Calderon, Madrid: 2
Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza: 2
Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow: 2
Reyno de Navarra, Pamplona: 2
El Sardinero, Santander: 2
Benito Villamarin, Seville: 2
La Romareda, Zaragoza: 2
El Monumental, Buenos Aires: 1
Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes, Cordoba: 1
Commerzbank Arena, Frankfurt: 1
Celtic Park, Glasgow: 1
BayArena, Leverkusen: 1
Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid: 1
Nacional, Santiago de Chile: 1
Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, Seville: 1
Jose Zorrilla, Valladolid: 1
By Sam Cunningham