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Right Wing: Lionel Messi
Once Lionel Messi lifted his first Ballon d'Or trophy back in 2009, he never looked back. Raised at Barcelona's La Masia and converted into a destroyer of defences (literally overnight before a Clasico) by Pep Guardiola, the Barcelona talisman went on to win it again in 2010, 2011, and 2012 to become the first player to lift it four times.
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He would win it again in 2015 after Barcelona won the treble for the second time in his career. What's more, he has finished runners-up four times and even finished third in 2007. Such a decade of dominance is unprecedented in the football history.
What's left to be said about the Argentine forward that hasn't been said already? Football history can actually be divided into two different eras as far as statistics and records are concerned - Before Messi and After Messi.
A number of different players held various goalscoring records which have now been eclipsed by the Barcelona no.10. And the fact that he still has a few more years to go suggests his records will be untouchable once he hangs up his boots.
