![Ballon d'Or: Lionel Messi wins record sixth award and Megan Rapinoe is rewarded for World Cup triumph Ballon d'Or: Lionel Messi wins record sixth award and Megan Rapinoe is rewarded for World Cup triumph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/football/2019/12/02/TELEMMGLPICT000217902338_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqLf6XVudQ0d-fF3pHUPFzEIeaWVVFN-Vx1uCOgKfX0Y4.jpeg)
Ballon d'Or: Lionel Messi wins record sixth award and Megan Rapinoe is rewarded for World Cup triumph
![Megan Rapinoe takes home 2019 Ballon d'Or but is so much more than the best player in women's soccer Megan Rapinoe takes home 2019 Ballon d'Or but is so much more than the best player in women's soccer](https://a3.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2019%2F1202%2Fr636365_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg)
Megan Rapinoe takes home 2019 Ballon d'Or but is so much more than the best player in women's soccer
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Ballon d'Or 2019: Fun facts from the Ballon d'Or vote: Messi wins in Africa, Van Dijk had more first choice votes | MARCA in English
![Ballon d'Or 2019: Messi and Rapinoe win from Van Dijk and Bronze – as it happened | Ballon d'Or | The Guardian Ballon d'Or 2019: Messi and Rapinoe win from Van Dijk and Bronze – as it happened | Ballon d'Or | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/527b598e0031d0beb646950af6b08a8acf249002/0_216_4628_2778/master/4628.jpg?width=1200&height=1200&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&s=672e36ab42117c3dbf3b6ad78139cb1e)
Ballon d'Or 2019: Messi and Rapinoe win from Van Dijk and Bronze – as it happened | Ballon d'Or | The Guardian
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Ballon d'Or #ballondor on Twitter: "🔝1️⃣0️⃣ Throwback Let's see the 2019 Ballon d'Or ranking 👀 #ballondor https://t.co/iMa5dqaPFa" / Twitter
![B/R Football on Twitter: "Today. The 2019 Ballon d'Or winner will be crowned. 🏆 https://t.co/qypJvy9Kb8" / Twitter B/R Football on Twitter: "Today. The 2019 Ballon d'Or winner will be crowned. 🏆 https://t.co/qypJvy9Kb8" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EKxvZ4gW4AEh4Xu.jpg:large)
B/R Football on Twitter: "Today. The 2019 Ballon d'Or winner will be crowned. 🏆 https://t.co/qypJvy9Kb8" / Twitter
![Ballon d'Or 2019: How Messi beat Ronaldo and Van Dijk to top prize | The Independent | The Independent Ballon d'Or 2019: How Messi beat Ronaldo and Van Dijk to top prize | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2019/12/02/15/messi-wins-ballon-dor.jpg?width=1200)