Lionel Messi Declared FIFA Player of the Year

Jan 13, 2011, 13:11 IST

Argentina's Lionel Messi won the FIFA World Player of the Year 2010.

Argentina's Lionel Messi won the FIFA World Player of the Year 2010 for the second time in a row on 10 January 2011. Messi became the first Argentine to win the prestigious FIFA Player of the Year award in 2009. Messi beat his Barcelona team mates Andres Iniesta and Xavi to win the newly-created Fifa Ballon D'Or 2010.  Fifa Ballon D'Or is a fusion of the previously separate annual awards handed out by FIFA and France Football magazine.  Jose Mourinho was honoured with the coach's award. Mourinho, now with Real Madrid, won the inaugural Coach of the Year award after leading Inter Milan to a Champions League, Serie A and Italian Cup treble.

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