Ballon d’Or 2023: All winners as Messi beats Haaland to main award [Full list]

<p>Inter Miami superstar, Lionel Messi, has now won the Ballon d’Or for a record-extending eighth time.</p>, <p>Messi was announced the winner for this year ahead of Erling Haaland (Manchester City) and Kylian Mbappe (PSG).</p>, <p>He first earned it in 2009 and then in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2021.</p>, <p>The 36-year-old’s triumph comes mostly due to his exploits with Argentina at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where they beat France in the final.</p>, <p>Haaland, who scored 52 goals last season as City won the treble in the 2022/2023 campaign, finished second in the voting and won the Gerd Muller Trophy given to the best striker of the year.</p>, <p>Messi’s Argentina team-mate, Emiliano Martinez, won the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper.</p>, <p>Real Madrid midfielder, Jude Bellingham, went home with the Kopa Trophy as the world’s best U-21 footballer.</p>