![Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2017, including Ronaldo, Messi and Owen – talkSPORT Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2017, including Ronaldo, Messi and Owen – talkSPORT](https://talksport.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/12/ballondor2009.jpg?strip=all&quality=40&w=700)
Ballon d'Or winners and the top 10 players from 2000 to 2017, including Ronaldo, Messi and Owen – talkSPORT
![B/R Football on Twitter: "On this day in 2009, Leo Messi won his first Ballon d'Or beating second-placed Cristiano Ronaldo by 240 points. 12 years later, Messi has his seventh 🤩 https://t.co/kTuJyYHxSY" / B/R Football on Twitter: "On this day in 2009, Leo Messi won his first Ballon d'Or beating second-placed Cristiano Ronaldo by 240 points. 12 years later, Messi has his seventh 🤩 https://t.co/kTuJyYHxSY" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FFhThfHX0AAm3aR.jpg:large)
B/R Football on Twitter: "On this day in 2009, Leo Messi won his first Ballon d'Or beating second-placed Cristiano Ronaldo by 240 points. 12 years later, Messi has his seventh 🤩 https://t.co/kTuJyYHxSY" /
![Ballon d'Or: Ten years on from Messi's first Ballon d'Or: Where were his current teammates then? | MARCA in English Ballon d'Or: Ten years on from Messi's first Ballon d'Or: Where were his current teammates then? | MARCA in English](https://e00-marca.uecdn.es/assets/multimedia/imagenes/2019/12/02/15753064707555.jpg)
Ballon d'Or: Ten years on from Messi's first Ballon d'Or: Where were his current teammates then? | MARCA in English
![Throwback]On this Day in 2009 Messi won his first Ballon d'or in Paris.11 years later , he has won 6. : r/Barca Throwback]On this Day in 2009 Messi won his first Ballon d'or in Paris.11 years later , he has won 6. : r/Barca](https://preview.redd.it/vdjp3iq9gj261.jpg?auto=webp&s=5c00967fc8087622d912d32c273c88d3da0d8412)
Throwback]On this Day in 2009 Messi won his first Ballon d'or in Paris.11 years later , he has won 6. : r/Barca
![Barcelona's soccer player Lionel Messi of Argentina kisses the 2009 Ballon d 'Or trophy in Paris December 6, 2009. The award was presented by the French magazine France Football. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE SPORT Barcelona's soccer player Lionel Messi of Argentina kisses the 2009 Ballon d 'Or trophy in Paris December 6, 2009. The award was presented by the French magazine France Football. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE SPORT](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E7JXPE/barcelonas-soccer-player-lionel-messi-of-argentina-kisses-the-2009-ballon-dor-trophy-in-paris-december-6-2009-the-award-was-presented-by-the-french-magazine-france-football-reutersbenoit-tessier-france-sport-soccer-2E7JXPE.jpg)
Barcelona's soccer player Lionel Messi of Argentina kisses the 2009 Ballon d 'Or trophy in Paris December 6, 2009. The award was presented by the French magazine France Football. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (FRANCE SPORT
![FC Barcelona on Twitter: "#OnThisDay | December 1, 2009 10 years ago today, a 22-year-old phenom named Lionel #Messi was awarded his first Ballon d'Or. It would not be his last. 🐐 FC Barcelona on Twitter: "#OnThisDay | December 1, 2009 10 years ago today, a 22-year-old phenom named Lionel #Messi was awarded his first Ballon d'Or. It would not be his last. 🐐](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EKsJXc-WkAAAAxH.jpg:large)